Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1973

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Carrion

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Carrion
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 8, 1973
41 A.D.2d 708; 341 N.Y.S.2d 456; 1973 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4946
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Carrion

Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on December 11, 1972, denying a stay of arbitration, unanimously affirmed. Respondent shall recover of appellant $40 costs and disbursements of this appeal. This affirmance is solely on the ground that as a matter of public policy, an insurance carrier cannot rescind automobile insurance ab initia *709(Matter of Teeter v. Allstate Ins. Co., 9 A D 2d 176, affd. 9 F Y 2d 655). Concur —■ Stevens, P. J., McGivern, Kupferman, Lane and Capozzoli, JJ.

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