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(Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from an article in the June 2023 edition of the NJSBA Insurance Law Section Newsletter. Members can read the full edition here .) In a unique case stemming from two separate accidents occurring one-half hour apart, the Appellate Division recently held that the decedent’s failure to insure his vehicle did not bar his claim for personal injuries resulting from a second accident a half-hour after the first accident as he attempted to retrieve a cell phone from his disabled vehicle. The decedent, Najim Memudu, was operating his vehicle when he was involved in an accident with defendant Hameed. Memudu was not injured ...

(Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the most recent NJSBA Insurance Law newsletter listing recent cases relevant to business and insurance law. Access to the publication is a benefit to members of the Insurance Law Section. To review the full summary, read the full issue here . [login required] If you are not a member of the section, here’s how to join. Click here to see the full list of sections. Want to join a section? Email [email protected] .) In a case involving the shooting death of a minor, the Appellate Division recently held that the minor’s parents’ obligation to file a Notice of Tort Claim for her Portee claim is tolled under the New ...