Title: Edward Mishoe v. Erie Ins. Co., Petitioner; Nancy L. Hamer v. Federal Kemper Ins. Co., Petitioner (Per Curiam Order)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 1197 & 1198 M.D. ALLOCATUR DOCKETS 1999
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: June 7, 2000

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT EDWARD MISHOE, Respondent, v. ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner. -------------------------------------- NANCY L. HAMER Respondent, v. FEDERAL KEMPER INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Nos. 1197 & 1198 M.D. Alloc. Dkts. 1999 Petitions for Allowance of Appeal from the Order and Memorandum Opinion of the Superior Court. ORDER PER CURIAM: DECIDED: June 6, 2000 AND NOW, this 6th day of June, 2000, the joint Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED and the matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court to reconsider whether 42 Pa.C.S. § 8371 grants a statutory right to a jury trial in light of our recent decision in Wertz v. Chapman Township, __ Pa. __, 741 A.2d 1272 (1999) (holding that there is no statutory right to jury trial under Pennsylvania Human Relations Act where statutory language speaks in terms of what “the court finds” and remedial action “the court” may take, where nothing in the legislative history indicated an intent to provide the right to a jury trial). If the Superior Court finds that the statute does not create a right to a jury trial in light of Wertz, it shall address respondents’ alternative state constitutional argument. See Wertz, supra, at 1277-79 (setting forth constitutional analysis).