Legal Opinion

Runewicz v. Keystone Insurance Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 22, 1975No. Appeal, No. 631PublishedCited by 7 opinions

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

  1. Allstate Insurance v. FioravantiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. United Services Automobile Ass'n AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Harwitz v. Selas Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  4. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. EalySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Hain v. Keystone Insurance Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Adelman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Mellon v. Travelers InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Gallagher v. Educator & Executive Insurers, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Pennsy Supply, Inc. v. Nicholson Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. A. Perrotta Contracting Inc. v. Four Bros., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County2007

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