Case Name: Louise Paris Limited, Respondent, v. Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-04-08
Citations: 192 A.D.2d 356
Docket Number: 
Parties: Louise Paris Limited, Respondent, v Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 192
Pages: 356–357

Head Matter:
Louise Paris Limited, Respondent, v Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, Appellant.
[595 NYS2d 776]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Baer, Jr., J.), entered June 24, 1992, which granted petitioner's application to compel arbitration and denied respondent's cross motion to stay arbitration, unanimously affirmed with costs.
Respondent-insurer rejected petitioner's claims for cargo loss on the ground that there was no evidence to indicate that insured losses had occurred. Petitioner then demanded arbitration, which respondent opposed on the ground that since no losses could be established, the dispute was not one "relating to the amount or value of any loss or damage" as stated in the arbitration clause. We disagree. A clause such as that involved here, providing for arbitration "[i]f any dispute shall arise, relating to the amount or value of any loss or damage arising under or by virtue of this Policy" is sufficiently broad to encompass claims for any amount of loss, including no loss at all. We have considered respondent's remaining claims and find them to be without merit. Concur — Carro, J. P., Milonas, Ellerin and Asch, JJ.