Legal Opinion
Kuney v. PMA Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 22, 1990No. 128 E.D. Appeal Docket 1989PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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FLAHERTY, Justice.
We must decide whether an employer’s immunity from tort actions, guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, 77 P.S. § 1 et seq., protects its insurance carrier if the insurer is alleged to have engaged in fraud and deceit to deprive an injured employee of his workers’ compensation benefits.
The underlying workers’ compensation claim arose as follows. Mr. Kuney, the appellee, was employed by Continental Data Systems, and on February 4, 1985, he was injured on the job. He filed a claim petition, and PMA Insurance Company, his employer’s…
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- Scott v. C. E. Powell Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
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