Bowdren v. Prudential Insurance

HERRON, J.,

INTRODUCTION

The issue presented in this motion to compel appointment of arbitrators is whether arbitration should be *404compelled where the relevant arbitration provision sets forth limitations to arbitration that are contradictory and thus, ambiguous. For the reasons set forth below, this court concludes that the ambiguities in the policy must be interpreted against the insurer/drafter of the policy.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Petitioner William Bowdren, a Philadelphia police officer, was injured on March 23, 2000, while a passenger in an unmarked police car that was struck by an uninsured…