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1 Jimenez v. Baglieri -- rank: 1000

... and-run motorists must satisfy the verbal threshold pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. The Commissioner and the Fund filed a motion for summary ... and-run motorists must satisfy the verbal threshold pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. Plaintiff sought medical expenses from the Fund and personal injury ... 6-69, and those injured by hit-and-run drivers, N.J.S.A. 39:6-78.         That plaintiff is a “qualified person” to recover benefits under ... 70, and for those injured in hit-and-run accidents, N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. For hit-and-run accidents, the Fund Act provides that ... involving known uninsured automobiles are similar to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. There are, however, requirements for victims of known uninsured drivers ... A422 (Mar. 31, 1958). Among the changes, the Legislature amended N.J.S.A. 39:6-78 to eliminate the $200 threshold applicable only to actions ...

docket:	a-25-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-01-29
status:
citation:	152 N.J. 337
Document Size:	38166

2 DANIEL D. O'CONNELL VS NEW JERSEY MANUFACTURERS, INC. CO., & PARKWAY INSURANCE COMPANY -- rank: 683

... motor vehicle and its owner, or operator, as required by N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. Plaintiff's threshold contention on appeal is that compliance with ... or operator of a vehicle whose identity cannot be ascertained. N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. However, before an insured is entitled to assert an uninsured ... 297 (App. Div. 1978). Satisfaction of the threshold requisites of N.J.S.A. 39:6-78 is a coverage issue. It is an issue of coverage ... until the insured has satisfied the conditions precedent prescribed by N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. If the conditions precedent of the statute are not satisfied ... that plaintiff failed to satisfy the reasonable effort requisites of N.J.S.A.  39:6-78. See Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Ins. Co. of ...

docket:	a1843-96
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-12-12
status:	published
citation:	<a href=
Document Size:	18677

3 GARRY KENNY v. NEW JERSEY MANUFACTURERS INSURANCE COMPANY, -- rank: 683

... J.S.A. 39:6-61 to -91, more particularly, N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. See Transport of N.J. v. Walter , 161 N.J ... N.J.S.A. 17:28-1.1, which incorporate N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. Campbell v. Lion Ins. Co. , 311 N.J. Super. 498 ... the extent necessary to conform with the statutory mandated coverage").      N.J.S.A. 39:6-78 does not condition Fund eligibility on the claimant's having ... constitute a necessary element of the "reasonable efforts" required by N.J.S.A. 39:6-78(e). And, on the other hand, as we said in ...

docket:	a1708-98
court:	njappellate
decided:	2000-02-23
status:	published
citation:	328 N.J.Super. 403
Document Size:	19936

4 BRIAN SARRATT v. NJ PLIGA -- rank: 669

... Jimenez noted in the case of hit-and-run accidents, N.J.S.A. 39:6- 78(a)-(f) requires that: (a) the plaintiff has given the ...

docket:	a0786-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-01-08
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	25540

5 MARK S. SHAW v. CITY OF JERSEY CITY, et al., on behalf of the UNSATISFIED CLAIM AND JUDGMENT FUND BOARD -- rank: 666

... the UCJF.     We begin our analysis with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:6-78, which establishes a person's right to proceed against the ...

docket:	a6669-99
court:	njappellate
decided:	2002-01-03
status:	published
citation:	346 N.J. Super. 219
Document Size:	27412

6 JACQUELINE MYERS v. ZURICH FARMERS INSURANCE -- rank: 653

... includes a "hit-and-run" motor vehicle as defined in N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. 156 N.J. 480 , 486 (1998). Nevertheless, whether an insured ... 73 (App. Div. 1997) (satisfaction of the threshold requirements of N.J.S.A. 39:6-78 is an issue of coverage to be determined by the ... arbitrator could not be invoked until the insured had satisfied N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. A requirement of that statute was that the plaintiff make ... mandates UM coverage, incorporates the hit-and-run definition of N.J.S.A. 39:6-78, which in turn, says that no judgment shall be entered ... of a hit-and-run driver for purposes of satisfying N.J.S.A. 39:6-78 depend on the circumstances of the individual case, and the ...

docket:	A1349-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-10-27
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	36297

7 Shaw v. City of Jersey City -- rank: 557

... vehicle, or hit and run motor vehicle, as defined in [ N.J.S.A. 39:6-78] . . . because of bodily injury . . . sustained by the insured, caused by ...

docket:	a-101-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-12-11
status:
citation:	174 N.J. 567
Document Size:	50173

8 WILLIAM SCHECKEL VS STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY -- rank: 471

... vehicle includes a "hit-and-run" vehicle as defined in N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. N.J.S.A. 17:28-1.1e(2)(c). N.J.S.A. 39:6-78(e) requires a claimant to make "reasonable efforts" to identify ...

docket:	a7095-96
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-11-13
status:	published
citation:	316 N.J.Super. 326
Document Size:	23270

9 DAVID & MARGARITA KERWIEN VS JENNIFER MELONE, ET., AL -- rank: 458

... v. Reliance Insurance Company , 77 N.J. 563 , 572 (1978) .      N.J.S.A. 39:6-78 (emphasis added), defines "hit and run" vehicles and states, in ... the value of his injuries exceeds $35,000."     According to N.J.S.A. 39:6-78, a hit and run vehicle is one as to which ...

docket:	a1458-94
court:	njappellate
decided:	1996-03-11
status:	published published
citation:	288 N.J.Super. 268
Document Size:	18188

10 JESENIA JIMENEZ VS WILLIAM BAGLIERI, ET AL -- rank: 409

... Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund as a defendant pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:6-78. The Fund moved for summary judgment on the ground that ...

docket:	a2426-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1996-11-18
status:	published
citation:	295 N.J.Super. 162
Document Size:	8903

11 HARRIET BERGER v. FIRST TRENTON INDEMNITY COMPANY, -- rank: 409

... 242.     Plaintiff claimed entitlement to UM coverage here pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:6-78 depicts a hit and run vehicle as a vehicle that ...

docket:	A2148-99
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2001-04-23
status:	published
citation:	339 N.J. Super. 402
Document Size:	28573

12 MARIE ST. SURIN v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY -- rank: 396

... c) a hit and run motor vehicle as described in . . . [ N.J.S.A. ] 39:6-78[.] This statutory scheme obligates those seeking to receive compensation based ...

docket:	a1902-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-02-27
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	22932

13 BEVERLY SOUTHARD v. NEW JERSEY MANUFACTURERS INSURANCE COMPANY -- rank: 372

... insurance policy and the statutory requirements for uninsured motorist claims [( N.J.S.A. 39:6-78),] by failing to promptly notify [defendant] of the accident and ...

docket:	a3286-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2009-07-22
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	36764

14 MICHAEL COLLINS v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, et al. -- rank: 359

... that could not be identified (a "hit and run" vehicle). N.J.S.A. 39:6-78.     Because plaintiff was not certain that he was injured by ...

docket:	A3202-04
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-04-13
status:	published
citation:
Document Size:	27792

15 ANTHONY VANBLARCOM v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY -- rank: 359

... c) a hit and run motor vehicle as described in . . . [ N.J.S.A .] 39:6-78[.] This statutory scheme obligates one seeking to receive compensation based ...

docket:	a4407-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-10-14
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	22948