The insureds wanted coverage for a fire loss. The carrier’s investigator concluded the fire was set intentionally, but the insureds offered the fire marshal’s conclusion…
Month: July 2020
Plaintiff asserted that the insurer breached a fiduciary duty. The insurer moved to dismiss, alleging plaintiff was not a named insured. Rather the policy was…
This property damage bad faith case was removed to federal court, and plaintiff wanted a remand. Judge Jones observed that once the amount in controversy…
Anyone following this blog has been made aware, ad naseum, that courts are divided on whether statutory bad faith can exist where no benefit is…
The insured had an ongoing relationship with its carrier, obtaining multiple commercial general liability policies over the years. The insured alleges that the carrier used…
Yesterday, we summarized another case brought by the instant plaintiff against his homeowner’s insurer. In this opinion, rendered the same day, the same plaintiff brought…
The insured’s home was damaged by a sump pump failure. The policy did not cover sump pump failures. Years before the loss, the carrier sent…
This UIM bad faith opinion includes instructive points on factual allegations that only create possible, but not plausible, claims and on the use of alleged…