Chesler v. Government Employees Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, President Judge:
This appeal1 presents us with two questions under the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act.2
The first question presented is whether a deceased’s estate, here represented by the deceased’s mother as administrator of the estate, can collect “post mortem work loss benefits” under the No-fault Act.3 The lower court ruled that it could not. We need not dwell on the matter since our holding in Freeze v. Donegal Mut. Ins. Co., 301 Pa.Superior Ct. 344, 447 A.2d 999 (1982) is controlling here. As mandated by our decision in that case, we reverse the order of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Sinn v. BurdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Allstate Insurance v. HeffnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Heffner v. Allstate InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Lukus v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Freeze v. Donegal Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Hartleb v. Ohio Casualty InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Smiley v. Ohio Casualty InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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