Legal Opinion
Hall v. MPH Transportation Inc.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Decided May 1, 2002No. 00-CV-2612PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
NEALON, J.,
The Pennsylvania Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association has filed a petition to open a default judgment that was entered against defendant, Albert W. Joseph, on January 19,2001. PIGA contends that 40 PS. §991.1819(b) grants it an “automatic right” to open default judgments regardless of the timeliness of its petition to open or the legitimacy of the excuse for the initial default. Although PIGA has an absolute right under section 1819(b) to set aside any default judgment that was entered against an insurer while it was in rehabilitation or receivership and unable to…
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