Title: Insurance Commissioner of PA v. Villanova Insurance Co., et al. (Per Curiam Order)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

[J-13A-D-2005] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT M. DIANE KOKEN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, v. VILLANOVA INSURANCE COMPANY, MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT, LTD. (MRM), PSYCHIATRISTS’ PURCHASING GROUP, INC., AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., PULTE HOMES, INC., METRO ATLANTIC LANDSCAPE AND TURF ASSOCIATION (MALTA), FLORIDA WORKERS COMPENSATION GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, LLOYD’S SYNDICATE 271, FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Intervenors APPEAL OF: M. DIANE KOKEN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN HER CAPACITY AS REHABILITATOR FOR VILLANOVA INSURANCE COMPANY (IN REHABILITATION) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 204 MAP 2003 Appeal from the Order of Commonwealth Court entered 6-26-2003 at No. 182 MD 2002. ARGUED: March 8, 2005 M. DIANE KOKEN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, v. VILLANOVA INSURANCE COMPANY, MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT, LTD. (MRM), PSYCHIATRISTS’ PURCHASING GROUP, INC., AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., PULTE HOMES, INC., METRO ATLANTIC LANDSCAPE AND TURF ASSOCIATION (MALTA), FLORIDA WORKERS COMPENSATION GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, LLOYD’S SYNDICATE 271, FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Intervenors APPEAL OF: M. DIANE KOKEN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN HER CAPACITY AS STATUTORY LIQUIDATOR FOR VILLANOVA INSURANCE COMPANY : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 212 MAP 2003 Appeal from the Order of Commonwealth Court entered 7-25-2003 at No. 182 MD 2002. ARGUED: March 8, 2005 M. DIANE KOKEN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, v. LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY, BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, FLORIDA WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, PSYCHIATRISTS’ PURCHASING GROUP, INC., PULTE HOMES, INC., AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, DANIEL ELROD, SHIRLEY ELROD, METRO ATLANTA LANDSCAPE AND TURF ASSOCIATION (MALTA), KERRY KESSLER, ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC., MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT, LTD. (MRM), JOSEPH MCINTYRE, RANDSTAD NORTH AMERICA, L.P., FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Intervenors APPEAL OF: M. DIANE KOKEN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN HER CAPACITY AS REHABILITATOR FOR LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY (IN REHABILITATION) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 205 MAP 2003 Appeal from the Order of Commonwealth Court entered 6-26-2003 at No. 183 MD 2002. ARGUED: March 8, 2005 M. DIANE KOKEN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, v. LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY, BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, FLORIDA WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, PSYCHIATRISTS’ PURCHASING GROUP, INC., PULTE HOMES, INC., AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, DANIEL ELROD, SHIRLEY ELROD, METRO ATLANTA LANDSCAPE AND TURF ASSOCIATION (MALTA), KERRY KESSLER, ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC., MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT, LTD. (MRM), JOSEPH MCINTYRE, RANDSTAD NORTH AMERICA, L.P., FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Intervenors APPEAL OF: M. DIANE KOKEN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS STATUTORY LIQUIDATOR (“LIQUIDATOR”) FOR LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY (“Legion”) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 211 MAP 2003 Appeal from the Order of Commonwealth Court entered 7-25-2003 at No. 183 MD 2002. ARGUED: March 8, 2005 ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: July 19, 2005 AND NOW, this 19th day of July, 2005, the order of the Commonwealth Court is hereby AFFIRMED, on the basis of the Commonwealth Court opinion, Koken v. Legion Ins. Co., 831 A.2d 1196 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003). Madame Justice Newman files a dissenting statement in which Mr. Justice Castille joins.