Court Opinion

ID: 6004856
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 10:16:31.338946+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:49:17.510170
License: Public Domain

Balletta, J. P.,
concurs in the result only, with the following memorandum: concur in the decision to dismiss the appeal on constraint of Matter of Beagle (MVAIC) (19 NY2d 834) and related cases (see, e.g., Matter of State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v Blumen, 221 AD2d 548; Matter of Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v Rothbart, 220 AD2d 509).
However, in view of the fact that there exists another line of cases which stand for the general rule that coverage cannot be created by estoppel (see, e.g., Zappone v Home Ins. Co., 55 NY2d 131; Matter of Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v Freda, 156 AD2d 364), that rule should be applicable in a case such as the instant one where the insurer participated in the arbitration only after unsuccessfully seeking a stay of arbitration upon the ground that no coverage existed under the policy.