Legal Opinion

Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Ealy

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 24, 1972No. Appeal, No. 411PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

This appeal involves a construction of Pennsylvania’s uninsured motorist law, Act of August 14, 1963, P. L. 909, as amended, 40 P.S. §2000. Specifically, we are called upon to decide whether insurance companies operating in Pennsylvania may contractually divide their uninsured motorist coverage of an insured into noncumulative policies attaching separately to the insured’s individual automobiles. Appellant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., contends that the coverage may be so divided, while appellees, the Ealys, take the position that the above-cited act entitles them to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. BlumlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Bankes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Motor Club of America Insurance v. PhillipsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
  3. Royal Indemnity Co. v. BlakelyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Heffner v. Allstate InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. United Services Automobile Ass'n AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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