Rivera v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

CLIFFORD, J.

We granted certification, 101 N.J. 223 (1985), to review the Appellate Division’s determination that plaintiffs’ suit for personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under the New Jersey Automobile Reparation Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 39:6A-1 to -20 (No-Fault Act), was not barred by that Act’s statute of limitations, N.J.S.A. 39:6A-13.1(a). See Rivera v. Prudential Property and Casualty Ins. Co., 197 N.J.Super. 34 (1984). We reverse.

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Plaintiffs, occupants of an automobile, were injured as the result of a two-vehicle collision of July 15, 1979.…