A woman is entitled to arbitrate her uninsured motorist claim before the underlying claim against the tortfeasor is resolved because the policy language does not preclude such arbitration, a federal judge has ruled.
“Hartford [Insur-ance Co. of the Midwest] argues that [Anne] Altomare is not ‘legally entitled to recover’ uninsured motorist benefits at this time while Altomare maintains that she is,” U.S. Eastern District Judge Harvey Bartle wrote in Hartford Insurance Co. v. Altomare, PICS Case No. 02-1289 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 7, 2002) Bartle, J. (8 pages).
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