· 12/14/1978
Day v. State Farm Mutual Insurance
Citations
- 396 A.2d 3
- 261 Pa. Super. 216
- 1978 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4213
How courts have described this case
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- holding that injuries sustained in a post-collision fistfight between two drivers did not arise out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a vehicle for purposes of assessing uninsured motorist coverage
- Uninsured Motorist Act was intended to provide recovery by an insured only those damages which he would have received had the uninsured motorist maintained liability insurance
- damages incurred in a fistfight after an automobile collision did not arise out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle
- injuries resulting from fistfight following two-car collision did not arise out of use of uninsured motor vehicle
- damages incurred in a fistfight after an automobile collision did not arise out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle
- court denied coverage because driver was not acting as motorist when he knocked claimant down with his fists
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Judges: Van Voort, Watkins, Montgomery
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