A year after a New Jersey law went into effect allowing individuals to sue their auto insurance companies for unreasonably denying or delaying payment of benefits, some litigants say the balance of power between policyholders and insurers has changed.
Frank Lazzaro of Lutz, Shafransky, Gorman, Mahoney and Lazzaro in New Brunswick. Courtesy photo
Courts of appeals have yet to consider some of the finer points of New Jersey’s Fair Insurance Conduct Act, such as what conduct constitutes a show of bad faith by an insurer.