PDI Blog

We are pleased to welcome the following new members admitted at the April 19, 2013 Board of Directors meeting:

West Region:
Shane Wohlrabe: Erie Insurance
Kimberly Brannock: Erie Insurance
Brian Pulito: Steptoe & Johnson
Phillip Glyptis: Steptoe & Johnson
Andrew Nowak: Marnen, Mioduszew

Join us as PDI returns to historic Bedford Springs Resort for our 45th Annual Conference on July 18-19, 2013. You and your family are invited to attend our mid-summer retreat and take advantage of the beauty and activities available at Bedford Springs and in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. PDI has arranged activities for the whole family.

A three-judge Superior Court panel has held in McWeeney v. Estate of Janet Strickler that a woman designated as a "principal driver" on her finace's auto insurance policy is not a "named insured" under that policy, permitting her to pursue a liability claim unfettered by the policy's limited tort limitation.

The injured plaintiff in Zauflik v. Pennsbury School District argued before a Commonwealth Court panel that the $500,000 statutory damage cap against Pennsylvania governmental entities under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act violates both the federal and Pennsylvania's constitution.