Schambelan v. Preferred Accident Insurance

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 445
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 447

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Liability insurance — Notice of accident — Notice of claim.</p> <p>Where a policy of liability insurance provides that “the assured upon the occurrence of an accident shall give immediate written notice thereof with the fullest information obtainable” to the company, and that “if claim is made on account of such accident the assured shall give like notice thereof;” the assured is not barred from recovery upon the policy by the fact that he did not give immediate notice of the accident, where it appears that he had no knowledge of a person injured therein, and he gives immediate notice as soon as he hears that a person was injured and that a claim was made.</p>