Insurer Refuses to Pay Damages to Accident Victim
A New Jersey county’s insurance company is refusing to pay a multimillion dollar verdict awarded to an accident victim because it says the county mishandled a lawsuit stemming from the accident. State National Insurance Co., the excessive-liability insurance carrier for Camden County, claims that a county attorney did not properly prepare for trial or adequately update the insurer on the case. In 2008, a jury awarded $31 million to the victim after concluding that the county failed to properly maintain the road where the accident occurred

