Insurance Co. of North America v. Bishop

HESTER, Judge:

This appeal followed the trial court’s refusal to open a summary judgment. We conclude that appellant has failed to allege sufficient grounds to warrant opening the judgment, and affirm.

Clyde Bishop was seriously injured on October 19, 1978, when the vehicle he owned and was operating collided with a tractor-trailer owned by Hall’s Motor Transit Company and operated by one of its drivers. Bishop, in violation of the former Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act1 (the “Act”), was uninsured. On April 23, 1979, his wife, as his guardian, applied for benefits under the…