The case Manges v. Travelers Prop. Cas. Corp. out of Supreme Court, Orange County has stirred up a lot of comments over at the Insurance Journal (see article here).  Supreme Court awarded a no-fault policyholder past medical expenses, lost wages and attorneys’ fees after the court granted summary judgment holding that her no-fault insurance company wrongfully denied her no-fault benefits on the grounds of late notice.  The article indicates that the policyholder attempted to give notice of a hit-and-run accident but her "agent" but stated that she could not help file the claim unless the policyholder could obtain the other driver’s insurance information.  One year after the accident, the policyholder obtained hit-and-run driver’s information and promptly provided the information to her agent.

I put the term "agent" in quotes because I have not read the decision and cannot tell the details of the agency relationship.  If anyone can find this decision on-line, please forward me the link.  I cannot find it on the Unified Court System’s Website.