Clark v Al-Amin

I. NATURE OF THE CASE

On November 5, 2013, plaintiff, who suffered injuries in two car accidents, settled her personal protection insurance (“PIP”) claim in an agreement with defendant Progressive Insurance Company (Progressive), that provided that all PIP benefits incurred as of that date would be settled in exchange for a $78,000 payment from Progressive. Days after she made the agreement, plaintiff attempted to void this universal, binding settlement by asserting that she and her lawyer were unaware of a nearly $29,000 expense she had incurred several months before the settlement, and that…