Though not clearly pleaded, the court assumed the plaintiff was suing the carrier for insurance bad faith. The plaintiff, however, was not the insured. Rather,…
Month: January 2020
Like the recent Middle District Ferguson decision, the opinion in this case involves good news and bad news. First, the court addresses head on whether statutory…
The Eastern District court dismissed this UIM bad faith claim because the pleading was devoid of factual support. The insufficiently pleaded bad faith allegations consisted…
In this bad faith case, one type of injury was specifically not covered under a disability policy, pursuant to a waiver, but other forms of injury might be covered.…
In this unpublished opinion, Pennsylvania’s Superior Court addressed whether “institutional bad faith” states a private cause of action under Pennsylvania law. Much like yesterday’s post,…
This is a post-verdict appeal after the jury found for the insurer in a UIM bad faith case. The insured challenged various pre-trial evidentiary rulings…
Today’s post summarizes Lehigh County Judge Melissa Pavlack’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in this breach of contract and bad faith case. The…
The insured and insurer disputed the amount of coverage due on a homeowner’s property loss claim. The insured brought breach of contract and bad faith…
The insured failed to plead adequately on two levels in this case. First, the insured attempted to plead in the alternative that the defendant was…
Plaintiff loaned her car to her boyfriend. Unknown to her, the boyfriend’s license was suspended. He got into an accident, and the carrier denied coverage…