Attorneys representing plaintiffs in uninsured motorist cases told the New Jersey Supreme Court that insurance companies are acting in bad faith in routinely rejecting UM claims and asked that the carriers be punished, primarily by having to pay successful plaintiffs’ counsel fees.
The court heard argument in two cases hinging on how much carriers can rely on the “fairly debatable” doctrine, which says that if a claim is fairly debatable there will be no liability in tort.
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