Legal Opinion
Augustine W. Badiali v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group (071931)
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 18, 2015No. A-48-12PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fernandez-Vina
The issue this Court must decide on appeal is whether an insurer’s rejection of an arbitration award in an uninsured motorist (UM) claim was “fairly debatable,” thereby barring an insured from recovering counsel fees and other consequential damages under a theory of bad faith.
Plaintiff, Augustine W. Badiali, was injured when his motor vehicle was rear-ended by an uninsured motorist. Plaintiff filed a UM claim, which proceeded to arbitration and resulted in an award in plaintiffs favor. Plaintiff filed suit against his insurer, defendant New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group (“NJM”), after…
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