VEGA v. 21ST CENTURY INS. CO.

Docket No. A-2904-11T4

61 A.3d 170 (2013)

430 N.J. Super. 18

Marleny VEGA, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. 21ST CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Edward Hoagland, Jr., attorneys for appellant ( Joseph M. DiCicco , on the brief).

Michael V. Coppola , attorney for respondent.

Before Judges FISHER, WAUGH and ST. JOHN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FISHER, P.J.A.D.

In this appeal, we revisit whether an insurer's timely letter rejecting an arbitration award is sufficient to trigger its right to nullify an uninsured motorist arbitration award. In reversing, we reject the argument that a party is required to exactly assert its "demand for a trial" to nullify an award and conclude that, in these circumstances, the insurer's "rejection of the arbitration award" was...

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