Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 4/29/1994
Frain v. Keystone Insurance
Citations
- 640 A.2d 1352
- 433 Pa. Super. 462
- 1994 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1286
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the individual was “vehicle oriented at the time of the accident because she was in the process of entering the vehicle in order to make the return trip home”
- holding Mrs. Frain was “occupying” her friend’s parked car when she stumbled over flowerbed and sustained injuries to avoid being run over by oncoming tractor trailer before entering friend’s car
- While reasonable expectations of the insured are the focal points in interpreting the contract language of insurance policies, an insured may not complain that his or her reasonable expectations were frustrated by policy limitations which are clear and unambiguous.
- e vehicle is transaction essential to its use
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Cirillo, Johnson, Brosky
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40 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Reliance Insurance v. MoessnerThird Circuit· 1997-08-05· cited 215×
- Max True Plastering Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1996-08-25· cited 165×
- Bensalem Township v. International Surplus Lines Insurance Company Crum & Forster Managers Corporation, (Ill)Third Circuit· 1994-11-01· cited 161×
- U.S. Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyThird Circuit· 1996-04-22· cited 67×
- Betz v. Erie Insurance ExchangeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-22· cited 66×
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Treesdale, Inc. Pittsburgh Metals Purifying CompanyThird Circuit· 2005-08-15· cited 52×
- USX Corp. v. Adriatic Insurance Co.W.D. Pennsylvania· 2000-03-22· cited 43×
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. NixonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-09· cited 35×
- Safe Auto Insurance Co. v. BerlinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-03-05· cited 34×
- Bishops, Inc. v. Penn National InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-24· cited 32×
- Lebanon Coach Co. v. Carolina Casualty InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-10· cited 32×
- West v. Lincoln Benefit Life Co.Third Circuit· 2007-12-13· cited 28×
- Genthner v. Progressive Casualty InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-08-22· cited 28×
- Bubis v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-15· cited 27×
- Pempkowski v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-06-07· cited 22×
- Insurance Co. of State v. HamptonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-24· cited 21×
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. ShoemakerE.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-06-11· cited 19×
- Lucas-Raso v. American Manufacturers InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-28· cited 18×
- Estate of O'Connell ex rel. O'Connell v. Progressive Insurance Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-08· cited 17×
- Curry v. Huron InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-08-13· cited 14×
Cites
25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Standard Venetian Blind Co. v. American Empire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 700×
- Thompson Coal Co. v. Pike Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-06-01· cited 620×
- Collister v. Nationwide Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-13· cited 218×
- Utica Mutual Insurance v. ContriscianeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-16· cited 204×
- Davis v. Pennzoil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-22· cited 113×
- Rau v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1978-09-25· cited 92×
- Bateman v. Motorists Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-23· cited 86×
- Dibble v. Security of America Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-02· cited 73×
- St. Paul Mercury Insurance v. CorbettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-13· cited 53×
- Alvarino v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-03· cited 50×
- Hetrick v. Apollo Gas Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-13· cited 48×
- Tyler v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-21· cited 47×
- Roach v. Port Auth. of Allegheny Cty.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-11-29· cited 43×
- Neil v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-11-02· cited 42×
- Dorohovich v. West American InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-03· cited 41×
- Smith v. United Services Automobile Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-10· cited 28×
- Winters v. Erie Insurance GroupSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-23· cited 23×
- Downing v. Harleysville InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-04· cited 17×
- Appeal of GannonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-02· cited 17×
- Fisher v. Harleysville InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-08· cited 15×
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