Hackenberg v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

These consolidated appeals present the question of whether the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (hereinafter, MVFRL), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1701 et seq.,1 or the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 77 Pa.C.S. § 481(a), prevails where an employee is injured in a work-related automobile accident and seeks to recover both workers’ compensation benefits and uninsured motorist benefits from his employer. In general, the Workmen’s Compensation Act provides that recovery of workers’ compensation benefits is the sole and exclusive remedy which an employee has against…