Legal Opinion
Lewis v. School Dist. of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 1, 1988PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
These appeals call upon us to decide which of two stat*464utes, the “Uninsured Motorist Act” 1 or The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act,2 controls whether an employee may recover uninsured motorist benefits from his employer for a work-related automobile accident. The “Uninsured Motorist Act” requires, subject to limitations not here pertinent, that automobile insurance policies covering personal-injury liability also provide protection against uninsured motorists. However, the availability of this protection to employees of the owner of the insured vehicle…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Utica Mutual Insurance v. ContriscianeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. BlumlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Poyser v. Newman & Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Mathis v. Interstate Motor Freight SystemMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Berger v. H.P. Hood, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Kuney v. PMA InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- O'leary, Robert and O'leary, Patricia, H/w v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Hackenberg v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Warner v. Continental/CNA Insurance CompaniesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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