In Reifer v. Westport Insurance Corporation, the Third Circuit issued its most important decision on the exercise of federal jurisdiction in insurance declaratory actions since…
Month: April 2014
In Shaffer v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Judge Rambo issued her second discovery opinion in the insurance bad faith context within three days. The…
In Perrugia v. American Home Assurance Company, the District Court revisited principles of common law contractual bad faith claims under Cowden and Birth Center, and…
In Keefer v. Erie Insurance Exchange, the court addressed the scope of discovery in a bad faith UIM context. The insurer had objected to producing…
In Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London Subscribing to Policy No. SMP3791 v. Creagh, the District Court found that certain policy exclusions precluded coverage for property…
In Wolfe v. Allstate Property Casualty Ins. Co., Judge Jones of the Middle District held that statutory bad faith claims could be assigned. This runs contrary…
In Tripoldi v. Universal North American Ins. Co., the insureds had attempted to construct a water proofing system in their basement, the results of which…
In Johnson v. Plasser American Corporation, an excess carrier paid in its $4,000,000 policy limits to settle a severe personal injury case involving the insured’s…
In Audrey’s Crafts and Home Decor, Inc. v. Pennsylvania National Insurance, Judge Charles of Lebanon County followed prior Court precedent in severing a bad faith…
In Municipal Revenue Services v. Houston Casualty Company, plaintiffs were in the business of purchasing government tax liens. A law firm accused plaintiffs of scheming…