Oct 23, 2019 | Articles/E-Alerts
In 2013, Rachel Dixon was driving a car owned by her boyfriend, Rene Oriental-Guillermo when she was involved in an accident with a vehicle in which Priscila Jimenez was a passenger, and was being driven by Alli Licona-Avila. At the time of the accident, Dixon resided...
Oct 9, 2019 | Articles/E-Alerts
In the recent case of Barnard v. Traveler’s Home, No. 42 EAP 2018 (Pa 9/26/19) the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether an increase of underinsured motorist coverage limits for multiple vehicles insured under an existing policy constituted a...
Aug 25, 2019 | Articles/E-Alerts
In Rawl v. GEICO, 11435-CV-2019 (C.P. Beaver Co. 7/1/19), the Beaver County Trial Court granted summary judgment in favor of the insurance carrier after hearing cross motions in a declaratory judgment action. The Court held that the regular use exclusion...
Aug 6, 2019 | News Archives
After a three day jury trial in Berks County, Christin Kochel secured a defense award in an underinsured motorist case. Liability was not at issue. Plaintiff was injured when the third party defendant pulled out in front of the vehicle in which she was a...
Jul 16, 2019 | Articles/E-Alerts
Three recent decisions from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania have applied the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s opinion Gallagher v. GEICO, 201 A.3d 131 (Pa. 2019) retroactively. On January 23, 2019, Gallagher invalidated the household exclusion...
