Gordon v. Keystone Insurance

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

Appellee Mitchell Gordon was involved in an automobile accident on March 14, 1977 with one Duane A. Craig. Craig was insured by Ohio Casualty Company, with policy limits of $15,000, the minimum amount required by Pennsylvania law. Appellee settled with Craig for $15,000, then sought recovery (under an uninsured motorist clause) from his own insurance company, Keystone, appellant herein, for damages in excess of the $15,000 which he had recovered from Craig. Appellee sought to proceed in arbitration (pursuant to the terms of the Act of 1927), since the contract of…