A trucker injured in an accident while driving a company truck was precluded from collecting underinsured motorist benefits by his policy’s regular use exclusion because the truck was part of his employer’s fleet, even though he had previously driven the specific vehicle in question only twice, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled.
In a Jan. 31 unpublished memorandum in Mishler v. Erie Insurance, a three-judge panel of the court unanimously upheld a decision by a Somerset County trial judge that defendant Erie Insurance Co. had no duty to pay UIM benefits to plaintiff Mark Mishler.
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