In a significant victory for uninsured drivers who are victims of accidents through no fault of their own, a federal judge has predicted that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is poised to lift a court-imposed ban on their seeking awards of economic damages.
In Corbin v. Khosla , U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky found that although the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law specifically prohibits an uninsured motorist from recovering first-party benefits in a suit against an insurer, the law includes no such bar for suits against alleged third-party tortfeasors.
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