We are happy to give a shout out to the excellent Tort Talk Blog in our 1300th post since 2006. Today’s Tort Talk post gives…
Month: April 2017
The court denied an insurer’s motion to bifurcate, and stay, the plaintiff’s bad faith claim that was brought alongside a breach of contract claim. The…
In our post earlier today, we noted a Pennsylvania Federal Court dismissing bad faith claims for conclusory pleadings, without prejudice. Below is a New Jersey…
The court granted an insurer’s 12(b)(6) motion on a bad faith claim related to the handling of an insured’s motorcycle accident. The insured’s complaint contained…
The insured brought a consumer protection law claim for allegedly abusive claims handling practices and denial of her insurance claim. The court observed that in…
In this case, among other things, the Superior Court stated the principle that statutory bad faith can exist independently of the insurer’s denying a benefit…
This dispute arises out of a Title Insurance Company’s initial refusal to defend its insured against a third party claim. The plaintiff in the underlying…
In this case, the insured owned two adjacent properties, which both the Magistrate Judge and District Court Judge concluded were distinct properties, and which had…
The Court granted summary judgment to the insurer on a breach of good faith and fair dealing claim for attorney’s fees and costs and expenses,…
This bad faith claim arises out of an insurer’s refusal to participate in an appraisal of the insured’s property damage claim. The insurer paid for…