DocketNumber: 210
Citation Numbers: 403 A.2d 118, 266 Pa. Super. 110
Judges: Cercone, President Judge, and Wieand and Hoffman
Filed Date: 9/10/1979
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 8/7/2023
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
*111 Neil J. Rovner, Harrisburg, for appellant.
Robert P. Reed, Harrisburg, for appellee.
Before CERCONE, President Judge, and WIEAND and HOFFMAN, JJ.
PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from a dismissal of an action brought by decedent's estate against the decedent's employer's no-fault insurance carrier for work loss and survivor's loss benefits under the No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act, 40 P.S. § 1009.101 et seq. (Supp. 1978-79). Plaintiff's decedent was killed while operating a tractor owned by his employer during the course of his employment. Decedent's family is presently receiving death benefits pursuant to the Workmen's Compensation Act, 77 P.S. § 1 et seq. (Supp. 1978-79).
In Turner v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 256 Pa.Super. 43, 389 A.2d 591 (1978), we held that a professional driver injured during the course of his employment had as his exclusive remedy against his employer the Workmen's Compensation Act, and we barred any recovery under the No-Fault Act. Appellant here argues that the result should be otherwise where the employer is not a self-insurer as was the case in Turner. Turner was not so limited and we can see no logic in such a distinction.
Order affirmed.
Turner v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority , 256 Pa. Super. 43 ( 1978 )
H.G. Perkins v. Insurance Company of North America , 799 F.2d 955 ( 1986 )
Motley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance , 303 Pa. Super. 120 ( 1983 )
Supp v. Erie Insurance Exchange , 330 Pa. Super. 542 ( 1984 )
Wagner v. National Indemnity Co. , 492 Pa. 154 ( 1980 )
Adams v. Nationwide Insurance , 285 Pa. Super. 79 ( 1981 )
Carey v. Electric Mutual Liability Insurance , 500 F. Supp. 1227 ( 1980 )