Pistorius v. Travelers Insurance

WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether a “dirt bike”, which cannot be licensed under the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code,1 is a motorcycle for purposes of applying the provision of the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act2 which disallows recovery of no-fault benefits by operators of motorcycles. The trial court held that a dirt bike was a motorcycle and that, although the bike operator had been killed in a collision with a licensed motor vehicle, the admin-istratrix of the deceased operator’s estate was ineligible to recover survivor’s benefits under the No-fault law. We…