Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania Assigned Claims Plan v. Insurance Commission of The Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 26, 1980No. Appeal, No. 2557 C.D. 1979PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

President Judge C'bumlish.

The Pennsylvania Assigned Claims Plan (Plan) seeks review of the Insurance Commissioner’s (Commissioner) order requiring it to pay the basic loss benefit claims that Safeguard Mutual Insurance Company would be legally obligated to provide claimants under the Pennsylvania No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act.1 We affirm.

On May 29, 1979, the Commissioner suspended Safeguard’s operation -of business based on an insolvent financial condition which could prove harmful to both policyholders and the general public.2 The suspension prohibited the issuance of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. County of Allegheny v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Nagle v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Action Coalition of Elders v. Allegheny County Institution DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Schappell v. Motorists Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Bohner v. StineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Kirshbaum v. Government Employees InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Murray v. Haggerty, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2006
  5. Commonwealth v. Laulis, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County1982

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