Terminato v. Pennsylvania National Insurance

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This appeal presents a question of first impression under the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (“MVFRL”), 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1701 et seq. The MVFRL was amended by the Act of February 7,1990, P.L. 11 (Act 6). The amendment established a peer review plan for evaluating treatment, health care services, products or accommodations provided to a person injured in an automobile accident. The issue is whether an insured must seek reconsideration of an adverse peer review decision before initiating an action in common pleas court to recover medical benefits under an…