ALLSTATE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY VS. NEUROLOGY PAIN ASSOCIATES a/s/a MARIANNE
TUBELIS, ET AL. A-3104-09T2 1-31-11
The National Arbitration Forum, which has been designated by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to administer arbitration proceedings relating to PIP benefits, has the "interest" required to intervene as of right under Rule 4:33-1 in an action that seeks judicial review of an intermediate ruling by a NAF administrator in order to argue that the court lacks jurisdiction. The rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to govern PIP arbitration proceedings do not incorporate the section of the Alternative
Procedure review of forum.