Allstate Ins. v. Harold

By Judge Joseph A. Leafe

On January 25, 1999, Allstate Insurance Company, Plaintiff in this declaratory judgment action, filed a motion for summary judgment with supporting briefs. A brief in opposition was submitted by the Defendant, Stanley Harold, on May 27,1999. Additionally, a letter dated June 1,1999, was submitted by counsel for Mr. Harold.

Under Rule 3:18, “Summary judgment shall not be entered if any material fact is genuinely in dispute.” Therefore, the analysis of whether to grant the motion turns on whether or not there is any material “fact” genuinely in dispute.

In the June 1,…