Thoens v. Safeco Insurance

WILSON, S. J.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment in an action for personal injury protection (PIP) and underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits arising from a motor vehicle collision in which plaintiffs car was rear-ended. After the collision, plaintiff complained of injuries and received medical care. Defendant, plaintiffs insurer, paid PIP benefits for some of plaintiffs medical care after the collision, but it cut off those benefits after an independent medical examiner concluded that additional treatment that plaintiff received was not reasonable or necessary for injuries sustained in the collision.…