Case Name: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Jose Carrion, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1973-03-08
Citations: 41 A.D.2d 708
Docket Number: 
Parties: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Jose Carrion, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 41
Pages: 708–709

Head Matter:
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Jose Carrion, Respondent.

Opinion:
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 (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.