Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Burnetti

Weltner, Justice.

Burnetti filed suit to recover “no-fault” benefits as a pedestrian, claiming that he was injured when he was forced to leap from the path of an oncoming automobile. There was no physical contact between him and the automobile. The insurer of the automobile filed a motion for summary judgment, which was denied by the trial court, and affirmed on appeal. Pennsylvania Nat. Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Burnetti, 192 Ga. App. 593 (385 SE2d 446) (1989). We granted certiorari.

1. OCGA § 33-34-7 (a) (3) provides that “no-fault” benefits must be paid for economic loss resulting from:

Accidental…