( June 9, 2026, 10:28 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appellate court affirmed arbitration awards of $45,000 in damages to a pedestrian struck by a car and $12,639.57 in favor of the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association (NJPLIGA), which paid medical expenses for the pedestrian, in a suit against the owner of the car, rejecting the owner’s argument that there were extraordinary circumstances preventing him from filing a demand for a de novo trial after the completion of the arbitration hearing....