LONGO v. AMERICAN POLICYHOLDERS' INS. CO.


181 N.J. Super. 87 (1981)

436 A.2d 577

GERALD LONGO, PLAINTIFF, v. AMERICAN POLICYHOLDERS' INSURANCE COMPANY AND JAMES DUPREE, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Essex County.

Decided September 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Patton for plaintiff.

Albert C. Lisbona for defendant American Policyholders' Ins. Co.

William C. Carey for defendant James Dupree.


BAIME, J.D.C. (temporarily assigned).

This case concerns the triadic relationship between and among insurer, insured and counsel recently discussed by our Supreme Court in Lieberman v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau, 84 N.J. 325 (1980). Plaintiff instituted this action against his insurer claiming that it acted in bad faith by exposing him to payment of substantial sums in excess of policy limits in an underlying personal injury...

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