COLEMAN v. CUMIS INS. SOC., INC.

No. 88-175.

558 A.2d 1169 (1989)

Ivory L. COLEMAN, Jr., Appellant, v. CUMIS INSURANCE SOCIETY, INC., and Dairyland Insurance Company, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J.M. Vaughan and Brent E. Walthall were on the brief, for appellant.

Leonard C. Greenebaum, Harlan L. Weiss and Thomas C. Junker, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee Cumis Ins. Soc., Inc.

Melvin R. Wright, Rockville, Md., was on the brief, for appellee Dairyland Ins. Co.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FERREN, Associate Judge, and KERN, Senior Judge.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

This appeal presents the question of whether the District of Columbia Compulsory/No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act of 1982 (No-Fault Act)1 required motorcycles to be insured in 1984 as a precondition to recovery by the motorcyclist of statutory personal injury protection (PIP) benefits. We answer this question in the negative based on our examination of the legislative history of the No-Fault Act and a 1986 amendment...

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