Case Name: In the Matter of Progressive Direct Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Magdalena Trilla et al., Respondents, et al., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-04-25
Citations: 28 A.D.3d 375
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Progressive Direct Insurance Company, Appellant, v Magdalena Trilla et al., Respondents, et al., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 375–375

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Progressive Direct Insurance Company, Appellant, v Magdalena Trilla et al., Respondents, et al., Respondent.
[813 NYS2d 714]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Patricia Anne Williams, J.), entered November 1, 2005, which denied the petition to stay arbitration, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The documentary evidence supports the court's determination that prior to the accident, additional respondent Universal Insurance Company had effectively cancelled the policy of additional respondent Muhammad, the driver of the other vehicle, for nonpayment of premium. Indeed, it is clear that Universal, a North Carolina company not licensed or authorized to do business in New York State, complied with the applicable insurance law (NC Gen Stat § 58-35-85) when it cancelled the policy in question. Petitioner was thus unable to establish that this accident did not involve an uninsured motorist. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Tom, Andrias, Gonzalez and Sweeny, JJ.