Legal Opinion
Kwabena Wadeer v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company (072010)
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 18, 2015No. A-54-12PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fernandez-Vina
The issue on appeal is whether a plaintiffs claim alleging his insurer acted in bad faith by failing to settle his uninsured motorist (UM) claim is barred by the entire controversy doctrine or the doctrine of res judicata.
Plaintiff 1 , Kwabena Wadeer, suffered injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident. At the time of the accident, plaintiff was insured under a policy issued by defendant, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company (NJM). Plaintiff notified NJM of his UM claim and demanded that NJM pay its policy limits to settle his claim. NJM did not offer the full limits of its policy…
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