Ricks v. Nationwide Insurance

OPINION BY

BECK, J.:

¶ 1 We decide whether the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL) prohibits an injured motorist from pleading, proving and recovering the amount of benefits he received from his employer’s workers’ compensation carrier in a subsequent arbitration proceeding where he seeks to recover additional benefits under his own personal uninsured motorist (UM) insurance policy.

¶ 2 The appellant’s decedent, Thomas E. Davis, was injured in a motor vehicle accident caused by an uninsured driver during the course and scope of his employment.1 Davis received workers’ compensation…