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Section 39:6-38 - Partial payments which are deemed satisfaction of judgment

NJ Rev Stat § 39:6-38 (2019) (N/A)
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39:6-38. Partial payments which are deemed satisfaction of judgment

For the purposes of sections 9 to 14 of this act when:

(a) $10,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for bodily injury to or the death of 1 person as the result of 1 accident;

(b) Subject to the limit of $10,000.00 for 1 person so injured or killed, the sum of $20,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for bodily injury to or the death of more than 1 person as the result of 1 accident; or

(c) $5,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for damage to property as the result of 1 accident--

Such payment or payments shall be deemed a satisfaction of the judgment or judgments.

L.1952, c. 173, p. 559, s. 16. Amended by L.1958, c. 95, p. 545, s. 4.

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