Harleysville Mutual Insurance v. Madison

DEL SOLE, Judge:

This is an appeal from a trial court order granting defendant’s preliminary objections and dismissing Appellant’s Complaint, ruling that was appropriate to refuse jurisdiction over Appellant’s action for declaratory judgment. The trial court based its ruling upon its finding that the declaratory judgment action sought judgment “on matters which are speculative and which may never occur.”

The underlying action was filed as a consequence of a tragic vehicular accident. The automobile involved was owned by Ricardo Mills and insured by him under a policy issued by Appellant,…