Categories: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Opinions

WILLIAMS v. GEICO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, 604 Pa. 321 (2009)

986 A.2d 45

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

No. 147 WAL 2009.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District.
November 18, 2009.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, No. 147 WAL 2009.

Prior Report: Pa.Super., 968 A.2d 804.

ORDER
PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 18th day of November, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:

Whether, under the MVFRL and our decision in Burstein v. Prudential Property Cas. Ins. Co., 570 Pa. 177, 809 A.2d 204 (2002), the “regular-use” exclusion to underinsured motorist coverage in an automobile insurance policy is valid where the insured is a police officer, who has sustained bodily injury in the course of performing his duties while driving a police vehicle, for which vehicle he could not have obtained underinsured motorist coverage.

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