Archive for January, 2017
Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Lawsuit Barred by Independent Contractor Exception
Plaintiff, Kenneth Pisieczko, an independent contractor, was hired by the defendant Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) to repair lights in CHOP’s day-program parking lot, which lights were affixed to the top of wooden poles. To reach the top of one of the poles to fix the light, the plaintiff secured a ladder to the pole. […]
Plaintiff Barred from Pursuing Personal Injury from Auto Accident Due to Failure to Insure
Plaintiff Alma Guerrero was driving her car when she was involved in a collision with the defendant Colleen Moore. Plaintiff suffered back injuries from the accident and sued defendant Moore. In Guerrero v. Moore, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 21 (App. Div. Jan. 5, 2017), Moore defended on the basis that plaintiff was barred from […]
Court Interprets Two Competing “Other Insurance” Clauses to Determine Primacy of Coverages
Often there are two different insurance policies that may cover a defendant for a claim. To determine which policy is primary and which policy is excess or if the policies would be co-primary, the court must review and interpret the “other insurance” clause in both policies. In Foerster v. Meckel Enters., LLC, 2016 N.J. Super. […]
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