Rutgers Casualty Insurance v. Ohio Casualty Insurance

The issue in this automobile insurance appeal is whether an insurance carrier that pays personal injury protection (PIP) benefits to claimants injured in an automobile accident is entitled to contribution from other insurance carriers that are required by N.J.S.A 39:6A-4 to provide coverage. The appeal is based on ten *208consolidated declaratory judgment cases that arise from similar factual patterns. The plaintiff insurance carrier in each case is the Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company (Rutgers).

In each ease, the person injured in an automobile accident was either the named insured on a Rutgers…