Court Opinion

ID: 9713872
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:24:38.189566+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:21.163244
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McEWEN, President Judge,
concurring and dissenting.
¶ 1 I hasten to join in the results achieved by the perceptive analysis presented in the dissenting opinions in Panea and Bell, since I agree that these cases must be resolved through application of settled principles of contract law. At the same time, I join in the able and discerning majority opinion of Judge Orie Melvin in Baker insofar as (1) it calls for application of the statutory set-off accorded PIGA, (2) it finds that judgment n.o.v. was improperly entered in favor of Dr. Davne and, (3) it concludes that the defendants are entitled to the benefit of any set-off to which PIGA is entitled. However, since the set-off to which PIGA is entitled is limited to those sums received from insurance proceeds which cover the same type of loss as was later claimed against Dr. Myers, McCarthy v. Bainbridge, 739 A.2d 200, 203 (Pa.Super.1999), appeal granted, 563 Pa. 647, 758 A.2d 1200 (2000) I would remand Baker to the trial court for a hearing on the issue of the amount of the set-off to which PIGA is entitled.