Runewicz v. Keystone Insurance Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
Per Curiam,
The order of the court below is reversed.
*357Opinion by
Cercone, J.,
In Support of Per Curiam Order To Reverse :
Although. I do not consider the award in this case to be “unconscionable”1 as that term is ordinarily employed, I do consider it to be so plainly contrary to the language of the insurance contract as to constitute a manifest disregard for the law. As Professor Corbin stated: “An award can be set aside for fraud or collusion, or for "manifest disregard’ of law.”2 In the instant case the insurance contract defines an uninsured automobile to include “an automobile . . .…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Allstate Insurance v. FioravantiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- United Services Automobile Ass'n AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Harwitz v. Selas Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. EalySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Hain v. Keystone Insurance Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Adelman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Mellon v. Travelers InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Gallagher v. Educator & Executive Insurers, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Pennsy Supply, Inc. v. Nicholson Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- A. Perrotta Contracting Inc. v. Four Bros., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County2007
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