Bateman v. Motorists Mutual Insurance

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County affirming an arbitration award entered in favor of Motorists Mutual Insurance Company and against the appellant/Marlene M. Bateman, Administratrix of the Estate of William J. Bateman, Jr. We affirm in a case of first impression.

All relevant facts have been stipulated to by the parties and reveal that William J. Bateman, Jr., died as a result of injuries received in a two-car collision on Washington Pike in South Fayette Township on November 19, 1983.

An administratrix was named for the decedent’s…