Insured’s Assignment Of Tort Claims Was Invalid, New Jersey Panel Says, Reverses

(July 18, 2019, 1:54 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appeals panel on July 15 held that an insured’s assignment of its tort claims against its insurance broker was invalid, reversing a lower court’s $500,000 ruling against the broker in a lawsuit alleging that it procured inadequate business interruption insurance (AII1, LLC v. Pinnacle Insurance Solutions, LLC, et al., Nos. A-2241-17T4 and A-2291-17T4, N.J. Super., App. Div., 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1617)....