Title: Progressive Northern Insurance Co. v. Henry, et al (Summary Disposition)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent v. ROBERT L. HENRY, DEBORAH M. HENRY, AND RYAN HENRY, Petitioners : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 474 MAL 2009 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Superior Court at No. 1102 MDA 2008 dated June 8, 2009 reversing the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County at No. 2006-SU-4405-Y01 ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: September 8, 2010 AND NOW, this 8th day of September, 2010, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED. The order of the Superior Court dated June 4, 2009, reversing the order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County is hereby VACATED, and the matter is REMANDED for the Superior Court to affirm the order of the trial court and to direct the trial court to reinstate the award entered by the arbitration panel. See generally Kvaerner Metals Division of Kvaerner U.S., Inc. v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., 908 A.2d 888, 897 (Pa. 2006) (stating that a court must give effect to policy language that is clear and unambiguous; alternatively when a policy provision is ambiguous, the policy must be construed in favor of the insured and against the insurer which drafts the contract). Mr. Justice Saylor files a Dissenting Statement which Mr. Chief Justice Castille joins.