Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Travelers Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 7, 1985No. 3009, 3199, 3254, 3394; 159, 170, 283, 284, 424, 509, 566, 571, 679, 769, and 846PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROWLEY, Judge:
The issue presented in each of the fifteen above-captioned appeals is whether an uninsured owner-operator of a motor vehicle who sustains injuries in an accident with another allegedly negligent uninsured motorist 1 may recover unin sured motorist benefits from an assigned claims plan insurer under the Pennsylvania No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act (No-Fault Act). 40 P.S. §§ 1009.101-1009.701. We have carefully reviewed the provisions and underlying purposes of the No-Fault and Uninsured Motorist Acts, recent decisions by our courts, and the arguments…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Tubner v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Modesta v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Boyle v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Hayes v. Erie Insurance ExchangeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Brader v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Boris v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Brown v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- McMullin v. DallagoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Aagesen v. Travelers CompaniesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Shaffer v. Pennsylvania Assigned Claims Plan Insurance Co. of North AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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