ERIE INS. EXCHANGE v. BAKER

No. 26 WAP 2008.

972 A.2d 507 (2009)

ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Appellee v. Linda J. BAKER, Administratrix of the Estate of Eugene Baker, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Cooper, Schmidt, Ronca & Kramer, P.C., Harrisburg, Kenneth J. Nolan, Cynthia M. Danel, Edgar Snyder & Associates, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Estate of Eugene Baker, appellant.

Richard E. Freeburn, Freeburn & Hamilton, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania State Troopers Ass'n, appellant amicus curiae.

Michael J. Foley, John Thomas McLane, Jr., Thomas J. Foley, Foley, McLane, Foley, McDonald & McGregor, P.C., Scranton; James Richard Ronca, Anapol Schwartz, Philadelphia; Lee C. Swartz, Tucker Arensberg, P.C., Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania Ass'n for Justice, appellant amicus curiae.

Timothy Allen Shollenberger, Adam Todd Wolfe, Shollenberger & Januzzi, L.L.P., Enola, for Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Educ. of Pennsylvania, appellant amicus curiae.

Mark William Tanner, Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig, Philadelphia, for AFSCME Counsil 13 and SEIU Local 668, appellant amici curiae.

Craig R.F. Murphey, MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton, L.L.P., Erie; Arthur J. Leonard, Pittsburgh, for Erie Insurance Exchange, appellee.

James C. Haggerty, Swartz Campbell, L.L.C., Philadelphia, for PA Defense Inst. and the Ins. Federation of PA, appellee amici curiae.

Teresa Ficken Sachs, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, for Philadelphia Ass'n of Defense Counsel, appellee amicus curiae.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.


OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice GREENSPAN.

We decide whether the so-called "household exclusion" in a motor vehicle insurance policy is valid and enforceable to preclude the payment of underinsured motorist benefits under the circumstances of this case. We hold the exclusion is valid, and accordingly affirm the order of the Superior Court.

Appellee Erie Insurance Exchange (Erie) filed this action seeking a declaration...

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