Nov 26, 2014 | Articles/E-Alerts
The Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in An v. Gillmore and Victoria Fire & Cas. Co., No. 2013-civil-06320 (Sept. 2, 2014, Haas J.) addressed the validity of a “named driver only” automobile insurance policy. There was a motor vehicle accident which...
Nov 20, 2014 | Articles/E-Alerts
In Moritz v. Horace Mann Property & Casualty Ins. Co., C.P. Lackawanna County, Number 13 CV 544 (11/10/2014), the Court, in a case of first impression, detailed how a UM/UIM carrier will be identified to a the Jury when the carrier is the only Defendant and what...
Nov 19, 2014 | Articles/E-Alerts
In the Non-Precedential Memorandum Opinion Bricker v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Memorandum Decision, No. 102 MDA 2014 (Pa. Super. August 22, 2014), the Pennsylvania Superior Court again reiterated the rule that deviations from statutory...
Nov 17, 2014 | Articles/E-Alerts
Edgington v. Abersold, C.P. Lawrence County, No. 10570 of 2012, C.A. (C.C.P. September 24, 2014) Piccione, J. In Edgington v. Abersold, a Lawrence County Common Pleas Court found that a passenger injured in a motor vehicle accident was permitted to use the host...
Oct 17, 2014 | Articles/E-Alerts
Recently, both the Federal Court and the Pennsylvania Superior Court decided the issue of whether a recommendation of settlement in a non-binding arbitration or an arbitration award within the underlying coverage limits precludes a claim for UIM coverage. Both of...
