Case ID: nj_175/html/0567-01.html
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Author: {"author": "\n      PER CURIAM. LONG, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

818 A.2d 319
    GEORGE C. EVERETT, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. STATE FARM INDEMNITY COMPANY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
    Argued January 7, 2003
    Decided March 6, 2003.
    
      Diana La Femina-Rosa argued the cause for appellant (Maloof Lebowitz, Connahan & Oleske, attorneys).
    
      Thomas F. McGuire, Sr., argued the cause for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in the Per Curiam opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 358 N.J.Super. 400, 818 A.2d 372 (2001).

LONG, J.,

dissenting.

I would affirm the entry of summary judgment in favor of State Farm. Like the dissenter below, Judge Fisher, I conclude that State Farm’s bookkeeping entry, reflecting an adjustment to plaintiffs deductible is not a “payment” under N.J.S.A. 39:6A-13.1(a) or within common parlance.

Justice VERNIERO joins in this opinion.

For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ and JUSTICES COLEMAN, LaVECCHIA, ZAZZALI and ALBIN — 5.

For reversal — Justices LONG and VERNIERO — 2.