Legal Opinion
Fiduccia v. Intercontinental Restauranteurs, Inc.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided March 20, 1998PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
CARCHMAN, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).
This appeal requires us to determine the length of a “day” as the term is used in the cancellation provisions of the Insurance Premium Finance Company Act (the Act), N.J.S.A. 17:16D-1 to - 16. We hold that a “day” consists of twenty-four hours and not one minute as prescribed by the language of the insurance policy in question, and the coverage extended until the stroke of midnight at the end of the third day.
The facts are not in dispute. Third-party defendant Newark Insurance Company (Newark)1 issued a…
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- Dahlgrin G. Lowe v. Robert W. O'meara, Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellants v. Market Insurance Company, Defendant-Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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