Legal Opinion
Ash v. Continental Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 11, 2007No. 35 WAP 2005PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
Appellants purchased an insurance policy from appellee on a parcel of real property in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. The property was damaged by fire in July, 2000, and appellants filed a notice of loss. Appellee denied appellants’ claim November 21, 2000, on the basis of concealment or fraud. On May 3, 2002, appellants filed a complaint against appellee alleging breach of contract. Appellee responded by filing a motion for summary judgment, asserting appellants’ breach of contract claim was barred by the one-year statute of limitations period set forth in the policy.
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2Cases cited39 opinions
- Gruenberg v. Aetna InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Sondra L. McKenna and James R. McKenna v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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- Commonwealth v. Monumental Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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