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JOHNSON v. PENNSYLVANIA NAT. INS.

527 Pa. 504 (1991)

594 A.2d 296

Arzenia Delarosa JOHNSON, Appellee, v. PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANIES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Long, Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek Eck & Hall, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John Patrick Lydon, Carol Sikov Gross, Sikov and Love, P.A., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Richard A. Stanko, Media, amicus curiae for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Assn.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

The issue before the Court is whether a person seeking uninsured motorist benefits, who was not a party to the policy of insurance under which she makes a claim, is required to submit her claim to arbitration when the policy of insurance requires disputes to be settled by arbitration. For the reasons that follow, we hold that she is required to submit her claim to arbitration.

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