New Jersey Panel Reverses Dismissal Of Suit Based On Failure To File Affidavit

(May 4, 2018, 1:25 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appeals panel on May 1 found that a lower court erred in dismissing insureds’ lawsuit over contents coverage for their failure to file an affidavit of merit (AOM) under New Jersey’s Affidavit of Merit Statute, finding that a jury is capable of determining if a broker’s employee misrepresented available flood coverage (Linda Francese, et al. v. Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, et al., 2018 N.J. Super., App. Div., 2018 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1019)....

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