Case Name: In the Matter of Transamerica Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Fifth Avenue Realty et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-06-01
Citations: 194 A.D.2d 544
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Transamerica Insurance Company, Appellant, v Fifth Avenue Realty et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 194
Pages: 544–544

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Transamerica Insurance Company, Appellant, v Fifth Avenue Realty et al., Respondents.
[599 NYS2d 975]

Opinion:
—In a proceeding to vacate an arbitration award, Transamerica Insurance Company appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nastasi, J.), entered May 2, 1991, which granted the petition and vacated the award.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
An arbitrator made an award in the amount of $23,521 in favor of Transamerica Insurance Company and against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The award was made after Liberty Mutual Insurance Company had failed to appear at the arbitration hearing. We agree with the Supreme Court that notice of the arbitration hearing was not served either in accordance with CPLR 7506 (b) and (d), or in accordance with the "fire and allied lines arbitration agreement rules and regulations". Liberty Mutual Insurance Company was prejudiced as a result of this defect, and the arbitration award should, therefore, be vacated (see, CPLR 7511 [b] [1] [iv]; [2] [i]; Matter of PPX Enters. [Ducale Edizione Musicale], 53 AD2d 555, affd 42 NY2d 897). Bracken, J. P., Balletta, Rosenblatt and Miller, JJ., concur.