Legal Opinion
Tyler v. Insurance Co. of North America
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 21, 1983No. 1400PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
When an uninsured passenger is struck by a motorcycle upon disembarking from a bus and before reaching the shoulder, is the insurance carrier for the bus company a proper source of basic loss benefits under Section 204 of the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act? 1 The trial court held that it was not a proper source and directed that basic loss benefits be paid by Insurance Company of North America (hereinafter I.N.A.), the designated carrier under the assigned claims plan. I.N.A. appealed. We reverse.
On June 1, 1980, Carol Tyler was a passenger on a bus owned by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stevens v. Reading Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Allstate Insurance v. FlaumenbaumNew York Supreme Court · 1970
- Coyne v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Dull v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Schimmelbusch v. Royal-Globe InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Tata v. NicholsTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- U.S. Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Toombs, Harold T. v. Manning, Sylvester, Brown, James, and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- T.H.E. Insurance Company v. Melyndia DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2022
- Donegal Mutual Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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