Roggio v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kaye, J.

In a dispute involving an insurer’s liability to pay first-party benefits under the No-Fault Law, a claimant denied recovery in arbitration as to certain medical bills cannot then turn to the courts seeking recovery of later medical bills arising from the same accident.

On February 3, 1981, plaintiff, Frances Roggio, was in an accident while driving an automobile insured by defendant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. Nationwide paid claims submitted by Roggio for first-party benefits arising out of the accident until October 22, 1981, when Roggio was examined at…