This case may provide the clearest statement of the view that Pennsylvania permits statutory insurance bad faith claims to proceed where no benefit is due…
Month: October 2018
The insured attempted to bring a claim under Senate Bill 2144, the proposed Insurance Fair Conduct Act. However, this bill has never become law, and…
In this UIM case, the court separated out the actual facts pleaded from the complaint’s conclusory legal allegations, to determine if those facts could plausibly…
This case involved New Jersey’s Commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance’s pursuit of a claim under the Insurance Fraud Prevention Act (IFPA). The…
This disability insurance case hinged on whether the insured could no longer perform his job because of a “factual disability” or a “legal disability”. The…
In this UIM bad faith case, the insured received $15,000 from the tortfeasor, and was offered $10,000 by his own insurer, on a $200,000 policy.…
The insurer refused to pay the claim based upon policy conditions not being met. The court agreed there was no coverage based on the policy’s…
In this complex federal case, the carrier sought to bifurcate trial and discovery on coverage and bad faith, asking the court to hold discovery in abeyance…
This is a UIM bad faith case involving serious injuries to three family members. The insureds claimed their damages far exceeded the tortfeasors’ coverage, and…
In this case, the insured’s damage claim would be covered if damages were caused by a sinkhole. The insured and insurer used a number of…