Legal Opinion
Pinto v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 6, 2005PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice LaVECCHIA
This insurance appeal involves the application of an underinsured motorist (UIM) step-down clause in an employer’s business automobile policy to a case in which an employee has been injured in a covered vehicle in a work-related accident. The step-down provision capped the employer’s UIM exposure at the limit provided by the employee’s own automobile insurance policy or that of a resident family member, except that the step-down would be inapplicable if the employee qualified as a “named insured” under the employer’s policy. Because the Court’s earlier opinions have expressed its clear…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Aubrey v. Harleysville Insurance CompaniesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
- French v. New Jersey School Board Ass'n Insurance GroupSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997
- Magnifico v. Rutgers Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1998
- Botti v. CNA Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2003
- Cook-Sauvageau v. PMA GROUPNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1996
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Nowell James v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company (071344)Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2014
- Morrison v. AMERICAN INTERN. INS.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2005
- Olkusz v. BrownNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2008
- Murawski v. CNA InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2005
- Hand v. Philadelphia Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2009
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