Rutgers Casualty Insurance v. Vassas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the statute of limitations for a subrogation action begins to run at the same time as the limitations period for the underlying action
• holding that “extraordinary circumstances can include a showing of the unusual complexity of the case.”
• adopting the procedure described in Longworth v. Van Houten, 223 N.J.Super. 174, 538 A.2d 414 (App.Div.1988)
• affirming insurer’s right to reject arbitration award because insured had failed to make an underinsured motorist (UIM) claim until after the statute of limitations on the underlying tort action had run
• stating in dictum that an insured had “a duty to cooperate with [its insurer] in defense or prosecution of any action by or against the tortfeasor”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).