SHEERAN v. PROGRESSIVE LIFE INS. CO.


182 N.J. Super. 237 (1981)

440 A.2d 469

JAMES J. SHEERAN, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PROGRESSIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Zemel argued the cause for appellant (Marvin Lehman on the brief).

Mark I. Siman, Deputy Attorney General, argued that cause for respondent (James R. Zazzali, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and Mark I. Siman on the brief).

Before Judges BISCHOFF, KING and POLOW.


The opinion of the court was delivered by POLOW, J.A.D.

In July 1979 the Department of Insurance charged Progressive Life Insurance Company (PLICO) with engaging in unfair claims settlement practices, unfair competition and other deceptive practices. Extensive hearings were conducted by an administrative law judge (ALJ) who concluded that PLICO had engaged in unfair practices in violation of the Unfair Claim Settlement Practices Act, N.J.S.A. 17B:30-2. In her...

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