Legal Opinion

Long v. Mejia

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 30, 2006PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 Nelson Mejia and Martha Lucia Garcia (“defendants”) appeal from the judgment entered by Order on February 1, 2005, finding them responsible for the injuries suffered by Thurman Long as a result of an automobile accident. Defendants claim Long’s injuries do not, as a matter of law, rise to the level of “serious bodily injury” to breach the limited tort threshold under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL). After a thorough review of the submissions by the parties, the official record and relevant law, and recognizing the facts of this case…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Washington v. BaxterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Washington v. BaxterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Somerset Community Hospital v. Allan B. Mitchell & Associates, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Fanning v. DavneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

3Cited by10 opinions

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  2. Graham v. CampoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  3. Vetter, J. and Jones, A. v. Miller, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Abedinaj, N. v. Marc, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Benton, R. v. Shull, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020

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