Case Name: HERBERT BASHIR, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, DESIGNATED DEFENDANT IN A HIT & RUN CASE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND JOHN DOE, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, RICHARD ROE, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, SONDHEIM & LOUGHLIN, INC., A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, SPERO MARGEOTES DIAMOND COACH LIMO SERVICE, INC., A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, ALPHA INSURANCE COMPANY, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, DEFENDANTS
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1999-04-08
Citations: 158 N.J. 15
Docket Number: 
Parties: HERBERT BASHIR, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, DESIGNATED DEFENDANT IN A HIT & RUN CASE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND JOHN DOE, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, RICHARD ROE, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, SONDHEIM & LOUGHLIN, INC., A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, SPERO MARGEOTES DIAMOND COACH LIMO SERVICE, INC., A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, ALPHA INSURANCE COMPANY, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, DEFENDANTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 158
Pages: 15–16

Head Matter:
726 A.2d 260
HERBERT BASHIR, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, DESIGNATED DEFENDANT IN A HIT & RUN CASE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND JOHN DOE, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, RICHARD ROE, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, SONDHEIM & LOUGHLIN, INC., A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, SPERO MARGEOTES DIAMOND COACH LIMO SERVICE, INC., A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, ALPHA INSURANCE COMPANY, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS, A CORPORATION OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, DEFENDANTS.
Argued March 1, 1999
Decided April 8, 1999.
Michael F.J. Romano, argued the cause for appellant.
Timothy L. Madden, argued the cause for respondent (Freeman & Bass, attorneys).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Wecker's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 313 N.J.Super. 1, 712 A.2d 670 (1998).
For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN, and COLEMAN — 7.
Opposed — None.