Jones-Molina v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding that a passenger of one bus *78injured crossing the street to transfer to another bus is not covered by the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act.1

In Utica Mutual Insurance Company v. Contrisciane, 504 Pa. 328, 473 A.2d 1005 (1984), our Supreme Court held that a person was “occupying” his insured vehicle when he was struck and killed by an uninsured vehicle after leaving his car to walk over to a patrol car with his driver’s information as directed by a police officer. In doing so, our Supreme Court…