Case Name: Town of Amherst, Appellant, v. Granite State Insurance Company, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-06-01
Citations: 29 N.Y.3d 1016
Docket Number: 
Parties: Town of Amherst, Appellant, v Granite State Insurance Company, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Garcia and Wilson concur; Judge Stein dissents in an opinion; Judge Fahey taking no part.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 1016–1017

Head Matter:
[77 NE3d 357, 54 NYS3d 639]
Town of Amherst, Appellant, v Granite State Insurance Company, Inc., Respondent.
Argued May 2, 2017;
decided June 1, 2017
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo (John G. Schmidt, Jr. and Nicolas J. Rotsko of counsel), for appellant.
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York City (Marc S. Voses and Jeffrey S. Matty of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed, with costs. Under the facts of this case, including the terms of the parties' insurance policy, which incorporated the rules of the American Arbitration Association, the issue of whether the later agreement between the parties affected the arbitrability of the dispute should be resolved by the arbitrator (see Matter of Cassone, 63 NY2d 756 [1984]; Matter of Schlaifer v Sedlow, 51 NY2d 181 [1980]).