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18 A.3d 1093
Pa.
2011

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 28th day of April, 2011, the Court being evenly divided, the Order of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.

Justice ORIE MELVIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case. Chief Justice CASTILLE and Justices SAYLOR and EAKIN would affirm, and Justice SAYLOR files an Opinion in Support of Affirmance. Justices BAER, TODD, and McCAFFERY would reverse. Justice SAYLOR, in support of affirmance.

I would disapprove the utilization by an insurer of separate policies pertaining to multiple vehicles within the same household solely to subvert intra-policy stacking without any risk-based justification. Nevertheless, I am persuaded by the reasoning of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the rationale of the Superior Court, and the suggestion by a plurality of this Court that the writing of separate policies, and enforcement of the household exclusion, is justified relative to motorcycle insurance coverage. See Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Roth, 252 Fed.Appx. 505, 2007 WL 3226188, at *2-3 (3d Cir.2007); Alderson v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 884 A.2d 288, 290 (Pa.Super.2005); Erie Ins. Exch. v. Baker, 601 Pa. 355, 972 A.2d 507, 512 n. 9 (Pa.2008) (plurality).

Case Details

Case Name: Government Employees Insurance v. Ayers
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date Published: Apr 28, 2011
Citations: 18 A.3d 1093; 2011 Pa. LEXIS 1021; 610 Pa. 205; 26 WAP 2010
Docket Number: 26 WAP 2010
Court Abbreviation: Pa.
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