Legal Opinion

Greider v. Pennsylvania Assigned Claims Plan

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 8, 1983No. 3310PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether Section 201 of the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act1 is unconstitutional on due process or equal protection grounds because it limits the recovery of basic loss benefits to an insured or the driver or occupant of a secured vehicle if the accident occurs outside Pennsylvania. We hold that the statutory limitation is constitutional. Therefore, we affirm the trial court’s order entering a summary judgment dismissing, with prejudice, a claim for basic loss benefits where the claimant, injured in a New Jersey automobile accident,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Singer v. SheppardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Goodman v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gallagher v. Harleysville Mutual InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Kirshbaum v. Government Employees InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984

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