Adelman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

JACOBS, President Judge:

On this appeal we are again faced with the question of whether an insurance company may contractually divide the uninsured motorist coverage in two or more automobile insurance policies to prevent “stacking” or “pyramiding” of recovery. 1 Appellant contends that the lower court erred in refusing to modify the award of $20,000 to appellee following arbitration conducted pursuant to the Arbitration Act of 1927, 5 P.S. § 161 et seq. 2 We agree and therefore reverse and remand for the entry of an award in the amount of $10,000.

Appellee, Betty Adelman, was injured in an…