Court Opinion

ID: 9729280
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:30:41.997444+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:44.775999
License: Public Domain

JOHNSON, Judge,
concurring:
I agree with the majority that Sparler’s third party recovery was in excess of, and had to be set off against, the underinsured motorist coverage provided by Fireman’s policy. Haegele v. Pennsylvania General Ins. Co., 330 Pa.Super. 481, 490-93, 479 A.2d 1005, 1010-11 (1984); Votedian v. General Acc. Fire & Life Assur. Corp., 330 Pa.Super. 13, 19-20, 478 A.2d 1324, 1328 (1984). I also agree that we are required to affirm the trial court’s judgment if it was correct for any reason.
Since the amount of the third party recovery exceeded the amount Fireman’s agreed to pay, Fireman’s has no further liability and that should end the matter. I, therefore, would not reach or seek to determine whether a general release of a third party tortfeasor would discharge the obligations of an insurance carrier under its policy.
CAVANAUGH, J., joins.