Recent Case Summary Reports On Matters Involving Insurance Coverage
In Skeete v. Dorvius, decided by our Supreme Court on June 10, 2005, the Court held that a step-down clause for UIM coverage in an automobile policy was unenforceable. Specifically, the reduction in UIM coverage for passengers in the policy was buried in approximately two hundred pages of materials. In this case, Shedrack Skeete was […]
Verbal Threshold Defeats Lawsuits Once Again
Involved in a motor vehicle accident and governed by the verbal threshold, plaintiff, Ortenzio, undergoes electromyography demonstrating right C5 and C6 radiculopathies and bilateral L5 and S1 radiculopathies. A cervical MRI reveals disc bulging at C4-5 through C6-7, but no herniation. An MRI of plaintiff ‘s jaw shows hypermobile condyle with retro-discal inflammation and internal […]