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Trucks, vans, and delivery sedans! The complicated landscape of New Jersey pedestrian PIP law and its impact on food delivery...

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Shortly after the COVID-19 Pandemic began, general public spending on food delivery increased by roughly 70% between March 2019 and the first wave of the pandemic in March 2020. As food delivery platforms have become more and...more

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Hold on to your scooters! Accidents involving low speed scooters are ineligible for Personal Injury Protection Benefits in New...

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In an unpublished decision issued July 5, 2023, the Appellate Division held that a plaintiff injured while operating a low-speed electronic scooter did not qualify for Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) benefits. See Goyco v....more

Michigan Auto Law

Pizza delivery driver accident with pedestrian case dismissed

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Pizza delivery driver’s bad brakes don’t slow down court from blaming pedestrian injured while trying to cross the street - A pedestrian doesn’t stand a chance of getting justice in Michigan – even when the delivery...more

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Judicial Feat: Bicyclist is a “Pedestrian:” Coverage Owed

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Yesterday, on December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Washington spoke: a bicyclist is a “pedestrian.” As a result, coverage was owed under an automobile policy. Many reading this do not handle claims under auto policies....more

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Court Rejects Attenuated Argument of Automobile Insurer Liability

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Just how attenuated is too attenuated for a driver’s conduct outside the vehicle to be covered by the auto policy covering the vehicle? In Hough v. McKiernan, the Supreme Court of Rhode Island drew the line at about...more

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