| Griffin v AIG |
| 2014 NYSlipOp 06778 [121 AD3d 449] |
| October 7, 2014 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Travis D. Griffin, Appellant, v AIG et al., Respondents. |
Travis D. Griffin, appellant pro se.
Law Offices of Bryan M. Rothenberg, East Meadow (Argyria A.N. Kehagias of counsel), for respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ellen M. Coin, J.), entered August 20, 2012, which denied plaintiff's motion for a default judgment and granted defendants' cross motions to compel acceptance of the answer nunc pro tunc and to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff is precluded from maintaining this action to recover no-fault benefits, because he submitted the matter to arbitration before commencing the action (see Roggio v Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 66 NY2d 260, 263-264 [1985]; Cortez v Countrywide Ins. Co., 17 AD3d 508, 509 [2d Dept 2005], lv denied 5 NY3d 716 [2005]). Concur—Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Andrias, Moskowitz and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.