[U] Agway Insurance Co. v. De Leon

This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. Background Apparently on March 5, 1998, the respondent Abel De Leon (De Leon) was involved in an automobile accident with a taxi-cab owned by A. Pantelinis (Pantelinis). The police report prepared at the scene of the accident, indicates that the Pantlinis vehicle was insured by Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance) at that time. In 1999, De Leon commenced a personal injury action against Pantelinis in Queens County. While the action was pending Reliance on October 3,2001 was placed in liquidation upon a determination of insolvency. On or about October 23, 2003, Petitioner Agway Insurance Company (Agway) received a demand for uninsured motorist (UM) arbitration on behalf of its insured, De Leon.