Roux Laboratories, Inc., and Transportation Insurance Company v. Turner, Juanita

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns a straightforward question of Pennsylvania law: whether an employee who is covered by the provisions of Pennsylvania’s Workmen’s Compensation Act, 77 Pa.Stat.Ann. § 481(a) (Purdon 1974), may also pursue an arbitration claim under the so-called Uninsured Motorist Act, 40 Pa.Cons.Ann. § 2000 (Purdon 1969), against her employer and its insurance carrier. In the underlying action, the employer and its insurance carrier sought a declaratory judgment that the employee could not pursue an arbitration claim because the Workmen’s Compensation Act provided her…