Stockdale v. Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co.

This case presents an unresolved question of Pennsylvania law: What effect should be given to Gallagher v. GEICO Indemnity Co. , 201 A.3d 131 (Pa. 2019), a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that held a particular insurance exclusion-called the "household exclusion"- violated the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicular Financial Responsibility Law, 75 Pa. C.S.A. §§ 1701 et seq. ("MVFRL")? Plaintiff argues that, as is generally the case, the holding should be applied to cases brought after Gallagher was decided, but concerning events that predate the decision. Defendant, however, argues that an…