United States Third Circuit

Under Pennsylvania law, because the validity of a waiver of stacking uninsured motorists coverage is determined at the inception of the policy, an insured under an automobile insurance policy is bound by such a waiver signed by his deceased wife, who was the first named insured on the policy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/24/2000
• Decided 05/16/2002
• Published 05/16/2002

Judges

• Before:  BECKER, Chief Judge, SCIRICA and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James D. Belliveau (Argued), Edgar Snyder & Associates, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stanley A. Winikoff (Argued), Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellee.