BRAWLEY v. SEPTA

No. 1241.

7 Pa. D. & C. 3d 545 (1978)

Brawley v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

August 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Ring, Jr., for plaintiff.

Joseph F. Keener, for defendant SEPTA.

Robert R. Redmond, for additional defendant Redmond.

Joy E. Pollock, for additional defendant Cynkat.

David A. Saltzburg, for additional defendant insurance companies.


MARUTANI, J., August 18, 1978.

The question before the court is: May an insurance carrier, which was neither directly nor indirectly culpably involved in the underlying incident giving rise to plaintiff's tort action (collision between a motorbus and a bicycle), be joined under Pa.R.C.P. 2252(a) as an additional defendant on a claim sounding in assumpsit solely because it was the insurance liability carrier of the alleged tort-feasor? This question is presented...

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