Legal Opinion
Shapiro v. Keystone Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1989No. 2114PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
This is an appeal from an order refusing to vacate an arbitration award entered on an underinsured motorist claim. After careful review, we conclude that arbitration in Philadelphia County was improper and in contravention of the terms of the arbitration agreement which specifically provided for arbitration exclusively in the county in which the insured resided.
On November 22, 1985, Morton Shapiro, a resident of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was injured in an automobile accident on Route 73, near Interstate 295, in Camden County, New Jersey. The third-party tortfeasor was insured…
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