DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the appeals are dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements, in light of our determination in Belesi v. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co. ( 272 A.D.2d 353 [Appellate Division Docket No. 1999-02254, decided herewith]).
SANTUCCI, J.P., FRIEDMANN, McGINITY and SMITH, JJ., concur.