State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Brian D. Rosenthal

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant State Farm brought this declaratory judgment action against Appellee Brian D. Rosenthal alleging that his un-derinsured motorist claim was time barred by Pennsylvania’s four-year statute of limitations on contract claims. To resolve this action, the District Court had to predict when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would begin running the statute of limitations on such claims. Ruling in favor of Rosenthal, the District Court predicted that the statute of limitations on such claims would begin to run when the insurer denies the…