Legal Opinion
Forman v. State Farm Insurance
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Decided July 28, 1988No. 2127 March term, 1985PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KLEIN, R.B., J.,
Marc A. Forman suffered neck pain and a numbing of fingers following an auto accident. To rule out nerve damage, his orthopedic physician, Dr. John L. Sbarbaro Jr. had a thermogram performed. State Farm Insurance Company initially held up payment for the thermogram, stating that it was continuing its “investigation as to the accuracy and validity of thermograms.” Later it denied payment based on current research that disputes the earlier claims of diagnostic accuracy for thermography. Forman brought suit under the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act, 40 Pa.…
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