Riccio v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DREIER, J.A.D.

Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment entered in the Law Division confirming a $4,500 arbitrator’s award in favor of plaintiff. Plaintiff contends that this award should have been $15,000. This case requires that we define the extent of the uninsured motorist’s liability coverage in a situation where a plaintiff has obtained a settlement from another responsible *169party in excess of the amount attributable to such party’s conduct.

Plaintiff’s decedent died a short time after an auto accident. The car in which he was riding as a passenger…