New Jersey Statutes 39:6-80. Impleading association in “hit-and-run” cases
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:6-80
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
20. Impleading association in “hit-and-run” cases. When an action has been commenced in respect of the death or injury of any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in this State on or after April 1, 1955, the plaintiff shall be entitled to make the association a party thereto if the provisions of section 18 or 19 shall apply in any such case, and the plaintiff has made the application and the court has entered the order provided for in section 18.
L.1952,c.174,s.20; amended 1955, c.1, s.11; 1985, c.148, s.13; 2003, c.89, s.24.