PA National Mutual v. Highlands, K.
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Opinion
J-A29039-14
NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION – SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL MUTUAL : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, : PENNSYLVANIA : Appellant : : v. : : KAREN HIGHLANDS, : ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF : LAUREN E. THOMPSON, DECEASED, : AND EARL C. HIGHLANDS, : : Appellees : No. 432 WDA 2014
Appeal from the Order Entered February 18, 2014, in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Civil Division at No(s): 2524 of 2013
BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E., ALLEN and STRASSBURGER,* JJ.
JUDGMENT ORDER BY STRASSBURGER, J.: FILED NOVEMBER 24, 2014
Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company (Penn
National) appeals from an order that denied its motion for judgment on the
pleadings and granted the motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by
Karen Highlands, administrator of the estate of Lauren E. Thompson,
deceased, and Earl C. Highlands (Appellees). We affirm.
Penn National filed a declaratory judgment action against Appellees.
Penn National asked the trial court to declare that it is not responsible for
providing stacked underinsured motorist benefits to Appellees. The parties
filed competing motions for judgment on the pleadings. The trial court
* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court. J-A29039-14
denied Penn National’s motion and granted Appellees’ motion. Penn National
timely filed a notice of appeal.
On appeal, Penn National concedes that this Court’s recent en banc
opinion in Bumbarger v. Peerless Indem. Ins. Co., 93 A.3d 872 (Pa.
Super. 2014) (en banc), is fatal to its position that it should not be required
to provide Appellees with stacked underinsured motorist benefits. Penn
National asks this three judge panel to overrule Bumbarger. It is well
established that three judge panels of this Court are bound by this Court’s
en banc decisions. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Bucknor, 657 A.2d
1105, 1107 n.1 (Pa. Super. 1995) (noting that a three judge panel is bound
by en banc rulings). Consequently, we affirm the trial court’s order.
Order affirmed.
Judgment Entered.
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq. Prothonotary
Date: 11/24/2014
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