Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 29, 2000 (In re the Arbitration between State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance & Tremaine)

—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and application granted. Memorandum: Respondent, a passenger in a motor vehicle owned by the State of New York (State), was involved in an accident on July 11, 1994. She served notice of an *963underinsurance claim on petitioner, her insurer, 2V2 years later, in December 1996.