Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. Pennsylvania Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Ass'n
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 2007PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
This original jurisdiction case involves complicated insurance coverage issues for a large medical malpractice judgment, and it requires interpretation of Pennsylvania’s recent excess malpractice insurance scheme embodied in the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act (MCARE Act).1 The successful plaintiff in *479the medical malpractice case, Joanna Fletcher (Fletcher), administratrix of the estate of Timothy Fletcher, brought a declaratory judgment action in this Court to resolve the coverage issues. Before us now are the preliminary objections of the MCARE…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fonner v. Shandon, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance Companies v. Argonaut InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss FundSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance Companies v. Argonaut InsuranceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Greenfield v. Pennsylvania Insurance Guaranty Ass'nCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Fletcher v. Pennsylvania Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Orange Stones Co. v. City of ReadingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Association of Settlement Companies v. Department of BankingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Seitel Data, Ltd. v. Center TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Koci v. Central City Optical Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2014
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