SAFE AUTO INS. CO. v. ORIENTAL-GUILLERMO

No. 26 MAP 2018.

214 A.3d 1257 (2019)

SAFE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY, v. Rene ORIENTAL-GUILLERMO, Rachel Dixon, Priscila Jimenez, Luis Jimenez, Alli Licona Avila and Iris Velazquez. Appeal of: Priscila Jimenez & Luis Jimenez.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: August 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Cooper, Esq. , Schmidt, Ronca & Kramer, PC, Harrisburg, Mark E. Milsop, Esq. , Berger and Green, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae.

Steven Burgess Davis, Esq. , Karl Stewart Myers, Esq. , Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Amicus Curiae.

Teresa Ficken Sachs, Esq. , Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia, for Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel (The), Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania Defense Institute (The), Amicus Curiae.

James C. Haggerty, Esq. , Charles Jay Schleifer, Esq. , Scott Jordan Schleifer, Esq. , Suzanne T. Tighe, Esq. , Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C., Philadelphia, for Priscila Jimenez & Luis Jimenez, Appellant.

Mitchell Stephen Berger, Esq. , John Robert Brown, Esq. , Michael P. Ryan, Esq. , Ryan, Brown, Berger & Gibbons, P.C., Philadelphia, for Safe Auto Insurance Company, Appellee.

Rachel Dixon, pro se.

Alli Licona Avila, pro se.

Rene Oriental-Guillermo, pro se.

Iris Velazquez, pro se.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider the enforceability of an unlisted resident driver exclusion ("URDE") in a personal automobile insurance policy. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the URDE at issue in this case is enforceable. Accordingly, we affirm the order of the Superior...

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