In Martellacci v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company, in relevant part, the court granted dismissal of the bad faith claim because: 1) it relates to…
Month: April 2009
In CRS Auto Parts, Incorporated v. National Grange Mutual Insurance Company, the court granted the insurer partial summary judgment, in relevant part, on the bad…
In Bottke v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, the court granted partial summary judgment to the insurer because the insured’s bad faith claim was…
In The Prudential Insurance Company of American v. Hovis, an insurance company interpleaded a $100,000 policy sum into court, where multiple claimants were disputing who…
In Butler v. Scottsdale Insurance Company, the carrier asserted that the insured did not bring its claim until two years and seven months after the…
In Teti v. Phoenix Insurance Company, there was a wall collapse at the insured’s home. The carrier hired an engineer who identified the collapse as…
In Millwood v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a first party claim was at issue (involving a vandalized car). On the issue of common…
In Western Surety Company v. WGG, Inc., the court observed that while bad faith claims can be brought against an insurer in the nature of…
In Dileo v. State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company, the plaintiff insured alleged a statutory bad faith claim, and included in his pleaded allegations…
In Stout v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, the court found that the statutory bad faith claim was preempted by ERISA. Date of…