MARCH 2014 BAD FAITH CASES: THIRD CIRCUIT APPLIES RESTATEMENT TO DETERMINE APPLICABLE STATE’S LAW ON POLICY INTERPRETATION WHERE PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY CONFLICTED ON SCOPE OF “EMPLOYER’S EXCLUSION”; NO BAD FAITH WHERE INSURED SUPPLIED INSURER WITH WRONG DOCUMENTS AS BASIS FOR COVERAGE, AND WHERE THERE WAS A DISPUTE OF LAW ON APPLICABILITY OF EMPLOYER’S EXCLUSION AND TRIAL COURT HAD FOUND NEW JERSEY LAW TO REACH A SIMILAR CONCLUSION AS PENNSYLVANIA LAW (Third Circuit)

In Arcelormittal Plate, LLC v. Joule Tech. Servs., the issue involved yet another case on the effect of an employer’s exclusion upon an insured that…

MAY 2013 BAD FAITH CASES: COURT GRANTS CARRIER’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION BECAUSE INSURED FAILED TO ALLEGE A CLAIM FOR BAD FAITH (Philadelphia Federal)

In Quinn v. Liberty Mut. Group, the carrier filed for summary judgment on a claim for bad faith brought by the representative of an insured…