In Gallatin Fuels, Inc. v. Westchester Fire Insurance Company, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania awarded Plaintiff attorney’s fees, costs,…
Month: June 2006
Plaintiffs sought recovery of attorney’s fees following a jury award of $6.25 million in punitive damages against the carrier for a bad faith failure to…
The court rejected the insurer’s argument that Plaintiff’s insurance claims were excluded. Specifically, Plaintiff purchased two separate insurance policies after being advised he could not…
In Gallatin Fuels, Inc. v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co., the defendant insurance company filed post-trial motions after the jury returned a verdict in favor of…
Defendant insurance company filed a motion to stay execution of judgment pending appeal, after the jury found that the company lacked a reasonable basis for…
The court was faced with determining the meaning of an asbestosis exclusion to a policy, where no underlying claims were actually pending against insured. The…
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Commerce Court, granted the carrier’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. The Complaint alleged that the insurer refused to defend…