Dutton v. Educators Mutual Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
DEL SOLE, Judge:
This appeal seeks to resolve whether Section 203 of the No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act1 requires the benefits of a group health insurance policy which contains a coordination of benefits clause to be paid to an employee where that individual has already received payment of medical bills by a no-fault carrier. We conclude that a clearly worded and conspicuously displayed coordination of benefits clause included in a health insurance policy must be enforced preventing duplicate recovery of medical expenses.
*524The underlying action was initiated after Appellant, Richard…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Allstate Insurance v. HeffnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Steppling v. Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
3Cited by2 opinions
- Samuels v. Blue Cross of Greater PhiladelphiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Penn Central National Bank v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1990