STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. FOSTER


889 A.2d 78 (2005)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee v. Lori FOSTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Good, New York City, Susan Michele Zeamer, C. Lee Anderson, Harrisburg, for Lori Foster, appellant.

Laurence M. Kelly, Montrose, for PA Trial Lawyers Ass'n, appellant amicus curiae.

Nathan W. Karn, Michael B. Magee, Hollidaysburg, for State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., appellee.

Katherine Van Buskirk Oliver, State College, for, PA Defense Institute, appellee amicus curiae.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.


OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

Appellant Lori Foster was injured when she was forced to jump out of the way of an unidentified vehicle while working as a flagger on the highway. Foster filed a claim for uninsured motorist benefits under an automobile insurance policy issued by appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. She faxed State Farm a copy of the report form she received from her employer, but she never reported the accident to the police...

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