WITTY v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 95-3180.

947 F.Supp. 137 (1996)

David WITTY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

November 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kopleton, Law Offices of Raymond P. Vivino, Wayne, New Jersey, for Plaintiff.

Faith S. Hochberg, U.S. Attorney, Neil Gallagher, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, District of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, for the U.S.


OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge:

Defendant has moved for partial summary judgment, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56, on Plaintiffs claims for non-economic loss contained in the First Count of his complaint. The issues presented to the Court by Defendant's motion are: (1) whether the United States, which is self-insured, is nonetheless entitled to rely upon the immunity provided by New Jersey's "verbal threshold," N.J.S.A. § 39:6A-8a, an issue of first impression...

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