N.Y. 1st: Jersey Law Governs Hit-and-Run Crash Claim

A motions court misinterpreted a New Jersey law that bars a claimant who receives workers' compensation benefits from also collecting on his employer's uninsured motorist coverage, the New York 1st Department Appellate Division ruled. Richard Goglia, a New York employee, was driving his employer's commercial truck in New Jersey when he swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle and struck a utility pole. As a result of the accident, Goglia's right leg was amputated below the knee.His truck did not collide with another vehicle. So Goglia sued Atlantic Mutual, his employer's carrier, for coverage under ...