Gerald H Baker

February 09, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Developments regarding verbal threshold issues

By Gerald H. Baker

6 minute read

February 27, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

By Gerald H. Baker

9 minute read

February 09, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

The supplement will review two new cases published during 2009: Zabilowicz, which discusses the Deemer Statute and the applicability of the verbal threshold to a defendant who is insured by a carrier not authorized to do business in New Jersey, and Thigpen, which discusses whether the verbal threshold included in the Tort Claims Act applies to a claim for malicious prosecution or invasion of privacy.

By Gerald H. Baker

9 minute read

February 09, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Loss limitation provisions of the No Fault Act do not apply to Dram-Shop Cases or to actions under the Survival Act.

By Gerald H. Baker

20 minute read

December 18, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

A round-up of action from Trenton.

By Gerald H. Baker, Chair, Legislative Committee

6 minute read

March 12, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

By Gerald H. Baker

5 minute read

February 06, 2003 | Law.com

In 1988, the New Jersey Legislature amended the No Fault Act to incorporate a verbal threshold -- a requirement of the type of injury that an accident victim would have to sustain to recover damages for pain and suffering. However, the statute did not provide standards or procedures for determining satisfaction of the threshold, leaving that to the New Jersey Supreme Court to interpret in Oswin v. Shaw.

By Gerald H. Baker

30 minute read

January 28, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey No Fault Act remains under attack. Everyone agrees that the statute has not reduced the cost of automobile insurance and has not reduced the amount of litigation. The piecemeal changes to the act over the past eight years have failed to accomplish the goals of the Legislature, and the bipartisan support of the Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act has fallen apart. It is time for a change.

By Gerald H. Baker

33 minute read

February 27, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

The year 2005 was a banner year for the judiciary. There were 18 published verbal threshold opinions, 11 of which discussed some element of permanency after AICRA.

By Gerald H. Baker

44 minute read