Court Opinion

ID: 5526749
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-10 17:55:54.355704+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:34:30.319990
License: Public Domain

Order reversed, without costs, and the order of Special Term reinstated in the following memorandum: Upon respondent’s failure to file a claim within six months after his cause of action accrued (Town Law, § 65, subd. 3), his potential right to com*526menee an action terminated; and the time limitation that thereupon became effective to bar his action also foreclosed his right to demand arbitration under the contract (CPLR 7502, subd. [b]).
Concur: Judges Scileppi, Bergan, Breitel, Jasen and Gibson. Chief Judge Fuld and Judge Burke dissent and vote to- affirm on the opinion at the Appellate Division.