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Household Exclusion
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LINK For the Third Circuit's Decision on Household Exclusion in Mid-Century Ins. Co. v. Werley
One of yesterday's Tort Talk blog posts was on the case of Mid-Century Ins. Co. v. Werley, No. 23-1822 (3d. Cir. Sept. 5, 2024 Krause, J., Chung, J., and Randell J.)…
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Excellent Overview on the Law on the Validity of Household Exclusion Provided by Third Circuit
In the case of Mid-Century Ins. Co. v. Werley, No. 23-1822 (3d. Cir. Sept. 5, 2024 Krause, J., Chung, J., and Randell J.) (Op. by Randell, J.), the Third Circuit…
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Household Exclusion Upheld and Enforced By Superior Court Where Plaintiff Had Waived Stacking
In the case of Major v. Cruz and State Farm, 2024 Pa. Super. 26 (Pa. Super. Feb. 13, 2024 Bowes, J., Stabile, J., Pellegrini, J.) (Op. by Stabile, J.), the…
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Trial Court Follows Mione and Upholds Household Exclusion
In the case of Erie Insurance Exchange v. Burnsworth, No. 325-CV-2021 (C.P. Somerset Co. March 29, 2023 Geary, P.J.), the court upheld a household exclusion under an Erie Insurance policy…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Now Says That Household Exclusions Can Be Valid and Enforceable
In the case of Erie Ins. Exchange v. Mione, No. 89 MAP 2021 (Pa. Feb. 15, 2023) (Op. by Wech, J.), the court addressed the enforceability of two (2) household…
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It's Alive, It's Alive!! — The Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds the Household Exclusion as Enforceable (Currently Listed as "Non-Precedential")
Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held in Erie Ins. Exch. v. Colebank, No. 1244 WDA 2021 (Pa. Super. April 20, 2022 Bender, P.J.E., Lazarus, J., McCaffery, J.)(Op. by McCaffery, J.),…
Zalma on Insurance
Household Exclusion Upheld
By Barry Zalma
Federal Court May Not, and Will Not Change the Law of a State Although the Minnesota Legislature eliminated the Household Exclusion for auto accidents it did not do so for…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Notable Decision Regarding Inter-Policy Stacking Issues and Household Exclusion Issues
In the case of Donovon v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 2021 Pa. Lexis 3394 (Pa. Aug. 17, 2021) (Op. by Baer, J.)(Wecht, J., concurring, Saylor, J., dissenting), the…
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Third Circuit Applies Gallagher v. GEICO Household Exclusion Decision as a Matter of Course
In the case of National General Insurance Company v. Sheldon, No. 20-3222 (3rd Cir. July 14, 2021 [Not Precedential], the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s decision…
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Pennsylvania Superior Court Again Confirms that the Household Exclusion Remains a Viable Exclusion Under Facts Distinguishable From Gallagher Decision (Non-Precedential)
In an important decision that it, for some inexplicable reason, was marked as “Non-Precedential,” the Pennsylvania Superior Court again confirmed that the effort by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the…