This paper was presented as part of the Advocates’ Society’s program entitled “Hurricane Season in Auto Insurance: Practical Strategies to Ensure your Backyard is not a Disaster Area”. Bill 198 has and will continue to dramatically alter the landscape of motor vehicle accident litigation and has impacted on both tort and accident benefits claims, both by imposing new time requirements applicable to statutory accident benefits claims and by narrowing the threshold for non-pecuniary damage claims in tort.
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