AVIATION CHARTERS, INC. v. AVEMCO INS. CO.


784 A.2d 712 (2001)

170 N.J. 76

AVIATION CHARTERS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AVEMCO INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Dougherty, Lawrenceville, argued the cause for appellant (Katz & Dougherty, attorneys).

John E. Salmon, argued the cause for respondent (Rawle & Henderson, attorneys, Philadelphia, PA; Mr. Salmon and Joseph A. Ricchezza, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.

The issue raised in this aviation-insurance case is whether the insured, whose covered aircraft sustained damages while being operated by a pilot who lacked the necessary hours of experience to be covered by the policy, may nonetheless recover when there was no causal nexus between the accident and the pilot's lack of experience. The trial court ruled in favor of the insured. In a published opinion, a divided Appellate...

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