Opinion
Submitted August 17, 1999
February 17, 2000
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to temporarily stay arbitration of an uninsured motorist claim to allow for discovery in aid of arbitration, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), dated January 27, 1999, which granted the petition and directed the respondent to comply with all outstanding discovery demands.
Mark Goldfarb, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Feldman, Kleidman Coffey, LLP, Fishkill, N.Y. (Robert F. Rich, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.
GUY JAMES MANGANO, P.J., FRED T. SANTUCCI, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in temporarily staying the arbitration proceeding and directing the respondent to comply with all outstanding discovery demands (see,CPLR 3102 [c]; Matter of Allstate Ins. Co. v. Baez, 269 A.D.2d 392; [decided herewith]; Hendler Murray v. Lambert, 127 A.D.2d 820 ).