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· 6/19/1996

Lucas v. Progressive Casualty Insurance

Citations

  • 680 A.2d 873
  • 451 Pa. Super. 492
  • 1996 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2031

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an insurer who produced signed rejections of UIM and UM coverage on a single page was liable to plaintiff for UIM coverage
  • compliance with § 1791 does not excuse noncompliance with § 1731 in the context of rejecting UM/UIM coverage
  • even minor deviations from the section 1731 requirements, such as not printing the forms on separate sheets of paper, invalidate the waiver
  • conclusive presumption that appellants waived their uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage did not apply where insurer failed to comply with the mandates of section 1731 of the MVFRL
  • insurer required to provide UM and UIM coverage equal to the insured’s bodily injury liability limits where rejection forms for UM and UIM were not printed on separate sheets of paper
  • noncompliance with Section 1731 in a waiver/rejection paradigm

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Judges: Popovich, Saylor, Eakin

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