Case Name: In the Matter of the Arbitration between Ramona Bauman, Respondent, and Insurance Company of North America, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-11-19
Citations: 31 A.D.2d 526
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Arbitration between Ramona Bauman, Respondent, and Insurance Company of North America, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 526–527

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Arbitration between Ramona Bauman, Respondent, and Insurance Company of North America, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order, entered April 16, 1968, denying appellant's motion to stay arbitration, unanimously reversed on the law, with $30 costs and disbursements to appellant, and the motion granted. A preliminary trial is directed on whether the occurrence and injuries were caused by a " hit-and-run ¿utomobile". The policy definition of such an automobile includes one whose operator or owner cannot be identified. The insured owner of the automobile of which respondent was a passenger reported the registration number of the offending vehicle and that the identifying letters were either " CB " or " BB ". In addition, the report describes the vehicle as a "big dark sedan". There are two insured vehicles registered with the reported number. The one with the " OB " is a Buick and that with the "BB" is a Rambler. The record presents a preliminary nonarbitrable issue as to whether the occurrence and injuries were caused by a "hit-and-run automobile." Concur—Botein, P. J., Stevens, Capozzoli, Rabin and McNally, JJ.