Legal Opinion

Barnum v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 16, 1993No. 1003PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge.

On July 10, 1991, Leroy Barnum was operating a vehicle insured by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) when he was involved in an accident causing injuries to his person. Barnum received medical treatment for his injuries and thereafter made a claim against State Farm for first party benefits under the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law. State Farm questioned some of Barnum’s medical bills and submitted them to a Peer Review Organization for evaluation pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. § 1797(b). The PRO determined that certain medical treatment was…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Freeze v. Donegal Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Freeze v. Donegal Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Lashe v. Northern York County School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Fizz v. Kurtz, Dowd & Nuss, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Slovak-American Citizens Club of Oakview v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Liquor Control BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Gemini Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  2. Perkins v. State Farm InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. Herd Chiropractic Clinic, P.C. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. Metro. Grp. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. HackDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Odgers v. Progressive Northern InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2015

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