Kamperis v. Nationwide Insurance

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that the lower court erred in finding appellees’ action for post-mortem work loss benefits 1 under the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insur*96anee Act2 (No-fault) timely filed. Because the statute of limitations bars the present action, we reverse the order of the lower court and deny appellees benefits.

On June 28, 1978, Christos Kamperis (decedent) was killed when he struck his head against an overpass on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, while riding atop his employer’s truck. Appellees, decedent’s wife, children, and estate sought and recovered workmen’s…