Legal Opinion
Perl v. Meher
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 2011No. 206, 207, 208PublishedCited by 586 opinions
POINTS OF COUNSEL
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
In Pommells v Perez (4 NY3d 566, 571 [2005]), then Chief Judge Kaye described the working of the No-Fault Law (officially the Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance Reparations Act, Insurance Law § 5101 et seq.) by saying: “Abuse . . . abounds.” That included, she said, “abuse ... in failing to separate ‘serious injury’ cases” from others (id.).
No-fault abuse still abounds today. In 2010, no-fault accounted for 53% of all fraud reports received by the Insurance Department (Annual Report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New York on the Operations…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Toure v. Avis Rent a Car Systems, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Pommells v. PerezNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- Perl v. MeherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Adler v. BayerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Travis v. BatchiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
3Cited by586 opinions
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- Fontana v. Aamaar & Maani Karan Transit Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- Mercado v. MendozaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
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