Hiers v. Keystone Insurance

JOHNSON, Judge:

The order appealed from awarded appellee work loss benefits plus interest and costs, under the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act, 1 and dismissed that part of appellee’s petition which had requested attorney’s fees. 2

The facts of the case, taken in part from the excellent opinion of Judge Rita PRESCOTT for the court of common pleas, are as follows. Appellee is the administrator of his son’s estate. The son died on October 7, 1978, at the age of 29, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. The decedent’s motor vehicle was insured by the…