Pennsylvania Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan v. English

HUDOCK, Judge:

At issue in the present appeal is whether the Assigned Claims Plan (the Plan), 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1751-1757,1 of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1702, et seq., must continue to provide uninsured motorist benefits to occupants of uninsured vehicles in light of the recent amendments to the MVFRL (Act 6).2 For the reasons stated below, we find that the Plan is not required to provide such coverage, and, therefore, reverse the order of the trial court.

The facts of this case are simple: Maria English (English) was injured while a passenger3 in an…