Kenny v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Once again, this Court is presented with a question under that embattled statute, the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Act.1 The question before us today is whether the estate of a deceased victim is entitled to recover work loss benefits under the No-fault Motor Vehicle Act, which does not include “estate” in its definition of a “survivor.”

*127The record discloses the following pertinent facts:

On December 7, 1979, the decedent of appellee, while a pedestrian, was struck by a vehicle insured by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, appellant. On December 23, 1979, he died solely and exclusively…