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EVERHART v. PMA INS. GROUP

938 A.2d 301 (2007)

Robert D. EVERHART and Christine J. Yost, Administrators of the Estate of Robert E. Everhart, Deceased, Appellants, v. The PMA INSURANCE GROUP, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Meyer & Eckenrode Insurance Group, a Pennsylvania Business Entity, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, and Russell Standard Corporation Corp., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Cooper, Esq., Schmidt Kramer, P.C., Bryan D. Fife, Esq., Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto, Inc., John Francis Kroto, Esq., Erie, for Robert D. Everhart and Christine J. Yost.

Frank P. Murphy, Esq., Murphy Woodward & Haskins, Norristown, for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer's Association.

William Wagner, Esq., Marnen Mioduszewski Bordonaro Wagner & Sinnott, L.L.C., for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Mark Edwin Mioduszewski, Esq., Marnen Mioduszewski Bordonaro Wagner & Sinnott, L.L.C., for PMA Insurance Group, et al.

James C. Haggerty, Esq., Swartz Campbell, L.L.C., Philadelphia, for Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, et al.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

In this appeal by allowance we are asked to resolve the issue of whether the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (the "MVFRL"), 75 Pa. C.S. § 1701-1799.7, mandates the "stacking" of uninsured/underinsured ("UM/UIM") motorist coverage under a commercial fleet policy. The concept of stacking relates to the ability to add coverages from other vehicles and/or different policies to provide a greater...

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