KMONK-SULLIVAN v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO. INS. CO.


746 A.2d 1118 (1999)

Michelle C. KMONK-SULLIVAN, George Laufer, Mary Marano, Abby L. Resnick, Lesia Cuccaro, Joseph Dziniak, Frank Scialabba, Cristy Holmes, Joseph Orth, Lisa Hopson, Jennifer Eggan, James Fierle, Donald Greg, Theodore Romano, Theodore J. Slippy, Robert Whalen, Mary Ann Woods, Geraldine Young, Jamie Winkler, Christena Kovatch, Jerry Kovactch, Christopher Blickenderfer, Joyce Calabrese, Richard Carryer, Shannon Moore, Eileen Rhodes, Doris Robinson, Robert Mowery, Jean Ryer, Nan Camp, Donna Tieren, John Caskey, Gloria Somerhalder, Karen Weil, Appellees v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Nationwide Insurance Companies, Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Aetna, Inc., Erie Insurance Group, Allstate Insurance Company, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, American States Insurance, Todd Prugar, Patricia Madden, Janet Bradley, Susan Johnson, Paul Johnson, Catherine Dahlgaard, Donald Edgar, Elaine Kruzynski, Lawrence Pavlok, Joseph Etheridge, Stephanie Beck. Appeal of Aetna, Inc., American States Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Prudential Insurance Company, and Nationwide Insurance Companies, Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 22, 1999.


JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 In this appeal, we determine whether exclusions in automobile insurance policies that deny underinsured motorist benefits to the insured person because the underinsured motor vehicle is operated by a Commonwealth agency violate the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law [hereinafter MVFRL], 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1701-1799.7, or are contrary to public policy. We conclude that such government vehicle exclusions impermissibly conflict with...

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