uninsured motorist claim News

N.J. High Court Rules That Phantom Vehicles Can Be Allocated Fault

The New Jersey case of Mark R. Krzykalski v. David T. Tindall involves an auto accident where both the plaintiff and the defendant were in the left lane turning left through an intersection. An unidentified driver turned unexpectedly from the …

UM Policy Limits Turn on Number of ‘Accidents’ Caused by at Fault Motorist

Following a well-worn path of decisions from other states, the Supreme Court of Wyoming adopted the prevalent of three legal theories to decide the meaning of “any one accident” found in standardized Uninsured Motorist (UM) policy limit language of automobile …

N.J. High Court Finds That Res Judicata Barred Plaintiff’s UM Bad Faith Claim, Not the Entire Controversy Doctrine

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently differentiated between the “entire controversy doctrine” and the doctrine of res judicata in determining whether the insured’s bad faith claim arising out of an uninsured motorist situation was barred. The insured was injured in …