Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Department of Insurance
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 23, 1991No. 1336 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) appeals from an order of the Insurance Commissioner determining that State Farm violated the Act of June 5, 1968, P.L. 140, as amended, 40 P.S. §§ 1008.1— 1008.11 (Act 78) and Section 6310.4 of the Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S. 6310.4 (Act 31). The issue is whether a conviction for underage drinking is grounds for cancelling an automobile insurance binder and refusing to write an insurance policy.
*261The facts are not in dispute. Michael Scott Henry (Henry) was convicted of underage drinking as defined in Section 6308 of the…
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