Penn v. Nationwide Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROWLEY, Judge:

These are consolidated cross appeals from the trial court’s Order simultaneously entering a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff Ronald Penn.

Pláintiff was injured in an automobile accident on December 29, 1979. Formal application for benefits was submitted by him to his insurer, Nationwide, on April 23, 1980. Nationwide denied plaintiff’s claims on May 25, 1982. Plaintiff then instituted this action under the Pennsylvania No-Fault Motor Vehicle Act against Nationwide on September 30, 1982. The case was first heard in arbitration which resulted in an…