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Condition Precedent to Arbitration Re: a Hit-and-Run Accident Involving an Unidentified Vehicle Is Physical Contact with Unidentified Vehicle—Lack of Proof of Physical Contact Justified Permanent Stay of Arbitration

The Second Department noted that a condition precedent to an arbitration based upon a hit-and-run accident involving an unidentified vehicle is physical contact.  Here there was insufficient evidence of physical contact with the unidentified vehicle:

The appellant sought uninsured motorist benefits under a policy of insurance issued by the petitioner for physical injuries allegedly sustained by him in a hit-and-run accident. The petitioner commenced this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of the claim.

Physical contact is a condition precedent to an arbitration based upon a hit-and-run accident involving an unidentified vehicle (see Insurance Law § 5217…). “The insured has the burden of establishing that the loss sustained was caused by an uninsured vehicle, namely, that physical contact occurred, that the identity of the owner and operator of the offending vehicle could not be ascertained, and that the insured’s efforts to ascertain such identity were reasonable” … . Matter of Progressive Northwestern Ins Co v Scott, 2014 NY Slip Op 08847, 2nd Dept 12-17-14

 

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