WILLIAMS v. GEICO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INS.

No. 29 WAP 2009.

32 A.3d 1195 (2011)

Robert C. WILLIAMS, Appellant v. GEICO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. Geico Government Employees Insurance Company, Appellee v. Robert C. Williams, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary M. Lightman , Lightman Welby Stoltenberg & Caputo, Scott B. Cooper , Schmidt Kramer, P.C., Harrisburg, Lawrence M. Kelly , Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly, & George, P.C., Newcastle, Sandra Schultz Newman, for Robert C. Williams.

David C. Harrison , Philadelphia, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

Richard E. Freeburn , Freeburn & Hamilton, Harrisburg, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association.

Joseph A. Hudock, Jr. , Summers, McDonnell, Hudock, Guthrie & Skeel, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Geico Government Employees Insurance Company.

Robert A. Loch , Robb Leonard Mulvihill, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Appellee Amicus Curiae, PA Defense Institute.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice ORIE MELVIN.

This is a discretionary appeal from the December 29, 2008 Superior Court order, which affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment to Appellee, GEICO Government Employees Insurance Company ("GEICO"). We granted review to address whether the "regular-use" exclusion contained in a personal automobile insurance policy is valid to preclude payment of underinsured motorist ("UIM") benefits to a police officer injured...

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