Oct 30, 2017 | Articles/E-Alerts
In Safe Auto Insurance v. Oriental- Guillermo, 2017 Pa. Super. 297 (September 18, 2017), the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld an Unlisted Resident Driver Exclusion in an automobile policy issued by Safe Auto Insurance Company (“Safe Auto”) which excluded from...
Oct 6, 2017 | News Archives
Christin Kochel obtained a defense verdict for her client after a two day jury trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The case involved a rear end motor vehicle accident in which liability was not disputed. Plaintiff was limited tort and the jury was asked...
Oct 3, 2017 | Articles/E-Alerts
On September 28, 2017, in the Estate of Thomas Coughlin v. Massaquoi, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania declined to adopt a bright-line rule for the admissibility of a BAC based upon the existence of independent corroborating evidence. Instead, the Court held that the...
Aug 31, 2017 | Articles/E-Alerts
Gallagher v. GEICO Indemnity, No. 87 WAL 2018 (Pa. Aug. 8 2017) granted an appeal to address the household exclusion and stacking when multiple policies, including a motorcycle policy, are issued by the same insurance company. Specifically the Court agreed to address...
Aug 27, 2017 | Articles/E-Alerts
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently provided additional guidance for when evidence of a driver’s intoxication may be admitted into evidence. In Partlow v. Gray, No. 2017 Pa. Super. 187 (Pa. Super. June 15, 2017) the defendant driver sought to exclude...
