No specific phrasing is required for a litigant to reject an arbitration award and demand a trial in an uninsured-motorist case, a state appeals court said Wednesday in a precedential holding.
In fact, the party doesn’t even have to use the word "trial." The "fair implication" of the language used determines if the right to trial has been invoked, the Appellate Division held in Vega v. 21st Century Ins. Co., A-2904-11.
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