PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY v. COLBERT


813 A.2d 747 (2002)

PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee, v. Adam COLBERT, Gary Colbert, Christine Colbert, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Fawcett, James Joseph Ross, for Colbert, A., et al.

Matthew Stephen Crosby, Scott B. Cooper, Harrisburg, amicus curiae, for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

Peter B. Skeel, for Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company.

James C. Haggerty, Pittsburgh, amicus curiae, for Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania.

Before ZAPPALA, C.J., CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, JJ.


OPINION

Chief Justice ZAPPALA.

This matter comes before this Court on a Petition for Certification of Questions of Law from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.1 We granted the Petition, which certifies two distinct questions for our review: (1) whether the definition of "insured" in the automobile insurance policy of Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company impermissibly narrows and conflicts...

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