Snyder v. Roadway Express, Inc.

Plaintiff, Herbert Snyder, appeals from a summary judgment of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas finding that defendant, Roadway Express, Inc., as a self insurer, need not provide uninsured motorist coverage to him as a truck-driver employee. We affirm.

Facts

On March 19, 1981, Snyder, while employed as a truck driver for Roadway, sustained personal injuries in a collision with an uninsured motorist. He then filed a workers’ compensation claim. Since Roadway is also a self-insurer with regard to workers’ compensation, it paid Snyder’s medical expenses. Both sides conceded that Roadway is a…