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Hunyady v. Aetna Life & Casualty

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 14, 1992
530 Pa. 25 (Pa. 1992)

Summary

explaining that this Court must construe insurance policy as whole and not in discrete units; declining to find ambiguity in policy definition of "you" referencing "named insured" on policy as opposed to actual claimant

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Opinion

Argued April 9, 1992.

Decided May 14, 1992. Reargument Denied July 13, 1992.

Appeal No. 96 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1991 from Order of Superior Court, 396 Pa. Super. 476, 578 A.2d 1312 (1990), entered July 30, 1990, at No. 1947 Philadelphia 1989, Affirming Order of Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Civil Division, entered June 26, 1989, at No. 88-04370.

G. Eugene Beechwood, Jr., for appellant.

Richard C. Angino, for amicus — Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

J. Keath Fetter, for appellee.

James C. Haggerty, for amicus — Pennsylvania Defense Institute.

Before FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.


ORDER


Order affirmed.

NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.

CAPPY, J., dissents.


Summaries of

Hunyady v. Aetna Life & Casualty

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 14, 1992
530 Pa. 25 (Pa. 1992)

explaining that this Court must construe insurance policy as whole and not in discrete units; declining to find ambiguity in policy definition of "you" referencing "named insured" on policy as opposed to actual claimant

Summary of this case from Erie Ins. Exch. v. King

explaining that this Court must construe insurance policy as whole and not in discrete units; declining to find ambiguity in policy definition of "you" referencing "named insured" on policy as opposed to actual claimant

Summary of this case from Erie Ins. Exch. v. King
Case details for

Hunyady v. Aetna Life & Casualty

Case Details

Full title:Lynne S. HUNYADY, Appellant v. AETNA LIFE CASUALTY

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: May 14, 1992

Citations

530 Pa. 25 (Pa. 1992)
606 A.2d 897

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