Kafando v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

JOHNSON, Judge:

We are asked to determine whether Section 1714 of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1714, bars recovery of first party benefits to a “covered person” who is injured while a passenger in an insured motor vehicle where that claim*676ant, at the time of the accident, is the owner of an uninsured motor vehicle. The Honorable Michael T. Joyce granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of Paul Kafando, the claimant, and against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm). We conclude that the deterrent purpose of Section 1714 is not advanced by…