Case Name: ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner v. UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS AND COMPANIES, Columbia Casualty Company and Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company, Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2008-10-01
Citations: 598 Pa. 504
Docket Number: Appeal No. 51 EAL 2008
Parties: ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner v. UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS AND COMPANIES, Columbia Casualty Company and Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 598
Pages: 504–504

Head Matter:
957 A.2d 1179
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner v. UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS AND COMPANIES, Columbia Casualty Company and Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Oct. 1, 2008.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 1ST day of October,'2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, which have . been rephrased for clarity, are:
Did the Superior Court err in holding that the notice provision in a claims made policy constitutes a condition precedent to coverage, rather than a limitation, thereby placing the burden on the insured to show compliance with the condition, rather than on the insurer to show breach? Did the Superior Court, err in declining to extend this Court's holding in Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co., 472 Pa. 66, 371 A.2d 193 (1977), that in the context of a liability policy, the insurance company will be required to prove that the notice provision was breached and that the breach resulted in prejudice to its position, to the claims-made policy at issue in this case?