State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Buckley

STRINE, Chief Justice:

The Delaware Code requires that motor vehicle insurance include coverage for PIP benefits, which provide compensation to automobile occupants who are injured in an accident for various expenses, including medical bills and lost earnings. In this case, the plaintiff, Stephanie Buckley, seeks PIP benefits under 21 Del. C. § 2118, which provides that PIP benefits “shall be applicable to each person occupying such motor vehicle and to any other person injured in an accident involving such motor vehicle, other than an occupant of another vehicle.” 1 The defendant, State Farm,…