Varner v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

HESTER, Judge:

Appellee, John E. Varner, was severely injured in an automobile accident on October 10, 1981. His no-fault motor vehicle insurance carrier was appellant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

Appellee’s principal injuries were a fractured skull and fractured left shoulder. He was hospitalized at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania from October 10, 1981 through October 27, 1981.

While in the hospital in October 1981, appellee developed a urinary tract infection. The parties agreed that this infection was aggravated by medical maltreatment; the steroids used to reduce…