Kent v. Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance

OPINION

DEL PESCO, J.

Plaintiff, Nadine Kent (“Kent”), an insured of defendant Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Nationwide”), seeks' uninsured insurance benefits pursuant to her policy of insurance. Kent was injured in the State of New Jersey by a tortfeasor who had insurance. The tortfeasor’s insurance company has refused Kent’s claim for noneconomic damages on the grounds that her injuries do not meet the verbal threshold requirements of that State’s insurance statute which immunizes the tortfeasor from such a claim. 1

The question presented in this motion for summary…