Legal Opinion

Safe Auto Insurance Co. v. Berlin

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 5, 2010No. 337 WDA 2009, No. 417 WDA 2009PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 Melody Berlin and McKean Hose Company (collectively, the Appellants) appeal the trial court’s entry of a declaratory judgment in favor of Safe Auto Insurance Company (Safe Auto) determining that Safe Auto has no obligation to reimburse the McKean Hose Company for the cost of an emergency rescue it conducted on Berlin’s behalf. The Appellants contend that the language of Safe Auto’s policy is ambiguous and that when interpreted in favor of the insured, the policy mandates the extension of Berlin’s coverage to the expenses the Hose Company incurred. Upon review of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Madison Construction Co. v. Harleysville Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Hutchison v. Sunbeam Coal Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Collister v. Nationwide Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Tonkovic v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Butterfield v. GiuntoliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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3Cited by29 opinions

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  3. Rizzo v. MSA, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2010
  4. Nicholson v. Ecast Settlement Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2019
  5. AJT Properties LLC v. Lexington Insurance, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2012

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