Piper Aircraft Corp. v. Insurance Co. of North America

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Directed to this Court’s original jurisdiction, Piper Aircraft Corporation (Piper) has filed a petition for review seeking declaratory relief under the Declaratory Judgments Act, 42 Pa. C. S. §7531 et seq. Named as parties-defendant are the Insurance Company of North America (INA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Department). Plaintiff Piper requests this Court to determine the contractual duty, if any, of each defendant to bear the burden and expense of defending Piper in several damage suits arising from the crash of an airplane. The airplane…