Erie Insurance Exchange v. Young

By Judge John E. Wetsel, Jr.

This case came before the Court for trial on May 4,2004. The material facts were stipulated to, and counsel appeared and presented their arguments. Erie claims that its insurance contract was breached because its insured failed to comply with the notice of occurrence provisions of its policy and that, even if the notice provision was not breached, the act of driving a tractor under the circumstances was incident to a business pursuit and was not covered by its homeowners policy. Upon consideration, the Court has made the following decision finding that there is no…