A Morris County civil case over a 2017 accident in Hackensack, involving a man who was seriously injured when his motorcycle was struck by a turning vehicle, settled for $1.7 million on May 18. Allstate covered the entire settlement, which  was paid on June 1.

The accident occurred on June 14, 2017, when plaintiff Matthew Priessnitz, then 29 and an auto mechanic from Asbury, was traveling south on a 2015 white Suzuki DR-Z400 motorcycle along Route 182-Mountain Avenue and Shelley Drive in Hackensack, according to a police report.