Maros v. Transamerica Insurance Company

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Conford, P. J. A. D.

(temporarily assigned). At issue here is the correct construction of the statutory provision (“no fault”) for payment by insurers of first-party “survivor benefits” to a survivor for loss of essential services consequent upon the death of a named insured who was providing such services as of the time of the accident. The pertinent factual background and statutory text may be found in the reported decisions of the Appellate Division and Law Division, 150 N. J. Super. 157; 143 N. J. Super. 307. The Law Division held that the survivor…