Erie Insurance Co. v. Williams

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a split arbitration panel. It is also a case of first impression in Pennsylvania. The issue is whether a driver who makes a left-hand turn proceeding against two lanes of traffic can, as a matter of law, be less negligent than a driver who waves the turning driver to proceed. Two of the arbitrators found the “turning” driver can be, and found the “waving” driver to be 60% responsible for the accident. The dissenting arbitrator said the driver making the left-hand turn, without independently looking for oncoming traffic (and in violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3322 —…