Case Name: In the Matter of the Arbitration between Owen D. Young Central School District, Respondent, and Susan Morris, as President of Van Hornesville Teachers' Association, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-12-27
Citations: 278 A.D.2d 940
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Arbitration between Owen D. Young Central School District, Respondent, and Susan Morris, as President of Van Hornesville Teachers’ Association, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 278
Pages: 940–940

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Arbitration between Owen D. Young Central School District, Respondent, and Susan Morris, as President of Van Hornesville Teachers’ Association, Appellant.
[718 NYS2d 683]

Opinion:
Order and judgment unanimously reversed on the law with costs, petition denied and cross application granted. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting the petition for a stay of arbitration and denying respondent's cross application to compel arbitration. There is a reasonable relationship between the disputed matter, i.e., prescription health benefits, and the broad arbitration clause that covers all grieved matters. Thus, the court erred in determining as a matter of law that the matter is not arbitrable; it is for the arbitrator to determine whether the disputed matter falls within the scope of the substantive provisions of the collective bargaining agreement (see, Matter of Board of Educ. [Water-town Educ. Assn.], 93 NY2d 132, 143). (Appeal from Order and Judgment of Supreme Court, Herkimer County, Kirk, J.— Arbitration.) Present — Pigott, Jr., P. J., Hayes, Wisner, Scudder and Lawton, JJ.