Legal Opinion

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Com. of PA, Insurance Department, T.D. Miller, Acting Insurance Commissioner

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 24, 2015No. 167 C.D. 2015PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Senior Judge ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) appeals from the January 15, 2015, order of the Insurance Department (Department), Theresa D. Miller, Acting Insurance Commissioner (Commissioner), 1 which determined that State Farm violated what is commonly referred to as Act 68, 2 by improperly cancel-ling Alanna Dougherty’s automobile insurance policy. The Commissioner concluded that Act 31 of the Crimes Code (Act 31), 18 Pa.C.S. § 6310.4(d), prohibits an insurance company from cancelling an automobile insurance policy based on a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wiegand v. WiegandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. TilghmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Department of InsuranceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Erie Insurance Co. v. Commonwealth, Department of InsuranceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Infinity Select Insurance Co. v. Fleming, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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