Vega v. 21st Century Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FISHER, P.J.A.D.

In this appeal, we revisit whether an insurer’s timely letter rejecting an arbitration award is sufficient to trigger its right to nullify an uninsured motorist arbitration award. In reversing, we reject the argument that a party is required to exactly assert its “demand for a trial” to nullify an award and conclude that, in these circumstances, the insurer’s “rejection of the arbitration award” was sufficient.

The record reveals that plaintiff Marleny Vega claimed to have been injured when her motor vehicle, which was insured by…