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LEWIS v. SCHOOL DIST. OF PHILADELPHIA

517 Pa. 461 (1988)

538 A.2d 862

Jerry LEWIS, Appellant, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellee. Thomas HOLTON, Appellant, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellee. Thomas COLLINS, Appellant, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and General Accident Insurance Company. Appeal of GENERAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton A. Rose, Theodore A. Schwartz, Robert T. Szostak, Philadelphia, for amicus — Pa. Trial Lawyers Assoc.

Paul Mark Perlstein, David M. McCormick, Philadelphia, for amicus — Pa. Assigned Claims Plan.

Charles W. Craven, Philadelphia, for other appellants.

Barbara Axelrod, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia (Nos. 119 & 35).

Martin Horowitz, Philadelphia, (No. 24) James P. McNally, Philadelphia, for Collins (No. 35).

Andrew M. Rosen, Philadelphia, for other appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

These appeals call upon us to decide which of two statutes, the "Uninsured Motorist Act"1 or The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act,2 controls whether an employee may recover uninsured motorist benefits from his employer for a work-related automobile accident. The "Uninsured Motorist Act" requires, subject to limitations not...

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