LAVENTHOL & HORWATH v. DEPENDABLE INS. ASSOCIATES, INC.


396 Pa.Super. 553 (1990)

579 A.2d 388

LAVENTHOL & HORWATH, Appellant, v. DEPENDABLE INSURANCE ASSOCIATES, INC. and Republic Hogg Robinson of Pennsylvania, Inc., a/k/a the Wirkman Company v. ANTHONY POPPLE & COMPANY, LTD. and PWS Group, C.W. Hankin & Companies and Chubb & Son Insurance Company and Emmanuel W. Wirkman Company, a/k/a the Wirkman Company, a/k/a 233 Corporation, a/k/a the Wirkman Agency. LAVENTHOL & HORWATH v. DEPENDABLE INSURANCE ASSOCIATES, INC. and Republic Hogg Robinson of Pennsylvania, Inc., a/k/a the Wirkman Company v. ANTHONY POPPLE & COMPANY, LTD. and the PWS Group, C.W. Hankin & Companies and Chubb & Son Insurance Company and Emmanuel W. Wirkman Company, a/k/a the Wirkman Company, a/k/a 233 Corporation, a/k/a the Wirkman Agency. Appeal of FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Erroneously Designated as Chubb & Son Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 6, 1990.

Reargument Denied September 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Mengel, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant (at 527) and appellee (at 705).

David B. Adams, Cherry Hill, N.J., for Dependable Ins., appellee.

Maragaret M. Sherry Lurio, Philadelphia, for Anthony Popple, appellee.

James J. Bee, Philadelphia, for Chubb & Son, appellant (at 705) and appellee (at 527).

Before BROSKY, WIEAND and JOHNSON, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

This appeal from an order entering summary judgment involves a complex insurance dispute regarding coverage for losses sustained as a result of employee thefts. After careful review, we conclude that the entry of summary judgment was inappropriate; and, therefore, we reverse.

In 1981, Laventhol & Horwath (Laventhol) approached Republic Hogg Robinson of Pennsylvania, Inc. (RHR) to obtain...

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