Legal Opinion
Cope v. Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 18, 2008PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge COHN JUBELIRER.
Ernest E. Cope, M.D. (Provider) filed a Petition for Review of the Adjudication and Order of the Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commissioner) affirming the decision of the Insurance Department, Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Fund (Department), to deny defense and first-dollar indemnity insurance coverage under Section 715 of the MCARE Act,1 40 P.S. § 1303.715(a), to Provider in connection with a medical malpractice lawsuit that was filed against him.
Preliminarily, we note that the MCARE Act created the MCARE…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Pennsylvania Coal Mining Ass'n v. Insurance DepartmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Winslow-Quattlebaum v. Maryland Insurance GroupSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Ace American Insurance v. Underwriters at Lloyds & CompaniesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Rosen v. Bureau of Professional and Occupational AffairsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
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3Cited by9 opinions
- West Penn Allegheny Health System v. Medical Care Availability & Reduction of Error FundCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Yussen v. Medical Care Availability & Reduction of Error FundSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Dailey v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- Cope v. INSURANCE COM'R OF COM.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Yussen v. Medical Care Availability & Reduction of Error FundCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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