Ducaji v. Dennis

OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

The issue presented by this case is whether passage of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law [“MVFRL”], 75 Pa.C.S. § 1701 et seq., expressed a legislative intent to alter the law regarding an employee’s tort liability for injuries sustained by a co-employee in an accident during the course and scope of her employment. More specifically, may an employee recover both workers’ compensation benefits from her employer as well as damages at common law from her co-employee under the MVFRL, when injured in an automobile accident during the course and scope of his…