New York Court of Appeals

Richard Gangel, Respondent v. N. Degroot, Pvba, Defendants, and Henrijean & Cie, Appellants

February 15, 197741 N.Y.2d 840

Summary

The Court affirmed that the arbitration clause in the marine insurance policy was not sufficiently express to compel arbitration of the dispute and that, absent proof of applicable Belgian law, New York law governs the interpretation; the order of the Special Term was affirmed with costs.