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ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. HEFFNER

491 Pa. 447 (1980)

421 A.2d 629

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Delores HEFFNER, Appellee. Homer S. PONTIUS, Administrator of the Estate of Janet A. Pontius, deceased, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Marsh, Philadelphia, for Allstate Ins. Co.

Ira Silverstein, Philadelphia, for Delores Heffner.

Richard C. Angino, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Ass'n and Homer S. Pontius.

Jeffrey A. Less, Philadelphia, for Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, etc.

F. Lee Shipman, James W. Evans, Harrisburg, for United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

Both of these appeals present the question of the extent of benefits available under the Pennsylvania No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act1 to the survivors of persons fatally injured in automobile accidents. For the reasons that follow, we will sustain the orders of the Superior Court.

I.

The husband of appellee, Delores Heffner, was killed when the car he was driving struck a utility...

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