Legal Opinion
BUTTA v. GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 10, 2019No. 2:19-cv-00675Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS J. BUTTA : CIVIL ACTION v. NO. 19-675 GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. September 10, 2019 An insured seeking coverage under an insurance policy will often sue for breach of contract arguing the insurer breached the policy terms by not paying his claim. An insurer may defend by asserting Pennsylvania Law recognizes one of the insurance policy’s exclusions. But what happens when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court clarifies the policy exclusion may not be enforceable under Pennsylvania Law? We today…
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