Vellucci v. DiMella

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CIANCIA, J.A.D.

In this automobile negligence action, the trial judge granted summary judgment in favor of defendants upon a determination that plaintiff Christine Vellueci1 failed to meet the verbal thresh*347old standards set forth in New Jersey’s No Fault Automobile Insurance Statute. N.J.S.A. 39:6A-1 to 35; Oswin v. Shaw, 129 N.J. 290, 609 A.2d 415 (1992).

We now reverse the summary judgment in favor of defendants,2 primarily because plaintiffs were denied oral argument on the motion. R. 1:6-2. We also have additional concerns with the rationale used by…