19 Cited authorities

  1. Mixon v. TBV, Inc.

    76 A.D.3d 144 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)   Cited 438 times

    No. 2008-08612. June 22, 2010. APPEAL from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Valerie Brathwaite Nelson, J.), entered August 4, 2008. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the cross motion of defendants TBV, Inc., and George R. McLaren, Jr., for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them and, in effect, for summary judgment dismissing the cross claim asserted by defendants Jonathin Transporter and Cruser, Mitchell Novitz, as temporary administrator

  2. Madison Construction Co. v. Harleysville Mut. Ins. Co.

    557 Pa. 595 (Pa. 1999)   Cited 614 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court should not "distort the meaning of the language or resort to a strained contrivance in order to find an ambiguity"
  3. Reliance Insurance Company v. Moessner

    121 F.3d 895 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 430 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Finding the provision unambiguous in a case involving carbon monoxide poisoning because of its plain language, but finding that, under Pennsylvania law, the insured's reasonable expectations could override the plain meaning
  4. Hecht v. City of New York

    60 N.Y.2d 57 (N.Y. 1983)   Cited 375 times
    Upholding Appellate Division's dismissal of negligence complaint because gap in sidewalk was trivial and therefore not actionable
  5. Collister v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co.

    479 Pa. 579 (Pa. 1978)   Cited 177 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that applicant, who paid his first premium and received a "conditional receipt" for insurance, could have reasonably expected that insurer was obligating itself to provide coverage
  6. Jacobs Constructors, Inc. v. NPS Energy Services, Inc.

    264 F.3d 365 (3d Cir. 2001)   Cited 85 times
    Holding that court should apply substantive law of a state where the parties do not dispute that it applies
  7. Tonkovic v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    513 Pa. 445 (Pa. 1987)   Cited 114 times
    Holding that where an "individual applies and prepays for specific insurance coverage, the insurer may not unilaterally change the coverage provided without an affirmative showing that the insured was notified of, and understood, the change"
  8. Frain v. Keystone Ins. Co.

    433 Pa. Super. 462 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994)   Cited 47 times
    Holding that the individual was "vehicle oriented at the time of the accident because she was in the process of entering the vehicle in order to make the return trip home"
  9. Spring-Ford Area Sch. Dist. v. Genesis Ins. Co.

    158 F. Supp. 2d 476 (E.D. Pa. 2001)   Cited 29 times
    Holding that a party was nominal where no claims were asserted against it and where the party had no legally protected interest in the action, but rather had a "merely financial" interest in it
  10. Tuscarora Wayne Mut. Ins. v. Kadlubosky

    2005 Pa. Super. 402 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2005)   Cited 21 times
    Assessing a commercial general liability insurance policy