Case Name: In the Matter of the Arbitration between State Farm Insurance Company, Respondent-Appellant, and Danielle C. Hiney, Petitioner-Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-06-18
Citations: 262 A.D.2d 1076
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Arbitration between State Farm Insurance Company, Respondent-Appellant, and Danielle C. Hiney, Petitioner-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 1076–1077

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Arbitration between State Farm Insurance Company, Respondent-Appellant, and Danielle C. Hiney, Petitioner-Respondent.
[691 NYS2d 804]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in referring the issue of discovery to the arbitrator. The parties agreed to arbitrate only whether respondent is entitled to supplemental uninsured motorist benefits and if so, in what amount. Thus, the parties cannot be compelled to arbitrate the issue of discovery. We therefore remit this matter to Supreme Court for an in camera inspection of the medical records in question to determine their relevancy (see, Matter of Rosenbaum [American Sur. Co.], 11 NY2d 310, 314; Matter of Kansas City Fire & Mar. Ins. Co. [Barnes], 115 AD2d 311). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Polito, J. — Arbitration.) Present — Lawton, J. P., Hayes, Wisner, Hurlbutt and Scudder, JJ.