AUGUST 2012 BAD FAITH CASES: MIDDLE DISTRICT REJECTS RECENT EASTERN DISTRICT HOLDING THAT BAD FAITH CLAIMS ARE NOT ASSIGNABLE AND PERMITS ASSIGNMENT OF BAD FAITH CLAIMS TO RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES, COUNSEL FEES AND INTEREST UNDER §8371 (Middle District)

In Wolfe v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., the court heard a carrier’s motion to dismiss filed in opposition to an assignee’s bad faith…