Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Troncelliti
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 2003No. 23 MAP 2003PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE NEWMAN.
In this case, we determine the insurance coverage applicable where an accident victim who has elected the limited tort option on her own vehicle is injured while a passenger in a car insured under the full tort option. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Order of the Superior Court, which held that the victim is bound by her selection of the limited tort option.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On December 8, 1995, Sherry Robinson Hoffman (Sherry) was a passenger in a van that her mother owned and that her fiancé, Glenn Hoffman (Glenn), was driving when Kathleen *506Troncel…
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- Windrim v. Nationwide InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Allen v. Erie InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Berger v. RinaldiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
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