Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate No. 467, New Jersey (June 20, 2022)

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The New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee reported Senate Bill No. 467 favorably on June 20, 2022. A driver who chose the verbal threshold could still sue for noneconomic damages for bodily injury if the other driver is convicted of, or pleads guilty to, drunk driving, breathalyzer refusal or reckless driving.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

                  SENATE, No. 467

 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                      DATED: JUNE 20, 2022

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill
No. 467.
   This bill provides that a person who has chosen the "verbal
threshold," or limitation on lawsuit option, under a private
passenger automobile insurance policy may nevertheless sue a
tortfeasor for noneconomic damages when bodily injury is sustained
in an accident if the tortfeasor is convicted of, or pleads guilty to,
drunk driving, refusing to take a breathalyzer test, or reckless
driving in relation to that accident, even if the verbal threshold
requirements have not been met with respect to that injury.
   This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2022-2023 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.


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