Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 2, 2003 (In re the Arbitration between Farm Family Casualty Insurance & Trapani)

Rose, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Kavanagh, J.), entered July 22, 2002 in Ulster County, which granted petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7503 to permanently stay arbitration between the parties.

On September 5, 2000, Diana Talerico lost control of her car and struck a utility pole.