Great American Insurance v. American Arbitration Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice O’Brien,
The instant case is a patent attempt by appellant, Great American Insurance Company (Great American), to evade the dictates of a long series of recent cases in this Court dealing with the arbitration clause of the uninsured motorist provision of the standard automobile insurance policy. In those cases, we have continuously held: “The arbitration clause, in our view, indicates that the parties contemplated one method, and one method only, for the resolution of disputes under this coverage. That method was arbitration and all such disputes should be so decided.”…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- National Grange Mutual Insurance v. KuhnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Harwitz v. Selas Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Allstate Insurance v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Harleysville Mutual Insurance v. MedyckiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Wingate Construction Co. v. Schweizer Dipple, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by40 opinions
- United Services Automobile Ass'n AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Bankes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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- Ice City, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Fastuca v. L.W. Molnar & AssociatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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