GALLAGHER v. GEICO INDEM. CO.

No. 35 WAP 2017.

201 A.3d 131 (2019)

Brian GALLAGHER, Appellant v. GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: January 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Cooper, Esq. , Schmidt Kramer, P.C., Harrisburg, Joyce Novotny-Prettiman, Esq. , Quatrini Rafferty, P.C., Greensburg, for Appellant.

Michael J. Foley, Esq. , Foley Law Firm, Scranton, James C. Haggerty, Esq. , Suzanne T. Tighe, Esq. , Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C., Philadelphia, Leonard A. Sloane, Esq. , Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander PC, Media, for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Joseph A. Hudock, Jr., Esq. , Summers, McDonnell, Hudock, Guthrie & Skeel, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Appellee.

Teresa Ficken Sachs, Esq. , Philadelphia, for The Pennsylvania Defense Institute, et al, Appellee Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

This appeal requires the Court to determine whether a "household vehicle exclusion" contained in a motor vehicle insurance policy violates Section 1738 of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law ("MVFRL"), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1738, because the exclusion impermissibly acts as a de facto...

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