This case involves a fire damage claim to plaintiffs’ home. This was the seventh fire in plaintiffs’ home. The carrier denied coverage based on various…
Category: NJ – Delay (Investigation/Claims handling)
The insured successfully defeated a summary judgment motion on the issue of coverage, but lost on bad faith. The policy excluded coverage for burst radiator…
The central discussion in this case focused on the duty to defend as distinguished from the duty to reimburse. Where there is coverage on the…
This is a bad faith case arising out of Superstorm Sandy damage to the insured’s home. Coverage for the full loss was denied, and breach…
The insured alleged that she suffered serious bodily injuries after a rear-end collision. The vehicle at fault only had $25,000 in available coverage, and the…
The appellate court addressed bad faith in this environmental contamination coverage case. The panel reiterated the law that “an insurance company may be liable to…
The court previously allowed the insured to amend its inadequately pleaded bad faith claim, based on a refusal to defend and indemnify it for settlement…
In Puzzo v. Metropolitan life Insurance Co., the Court held that an insured could not amend his declaratory judgment complaint to include allegations of bad…
In Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Caris, the underlying facts involved the alleged fraudulent sale of a property with contamination. The insureds entered a consent…
In Onex Credit v. Atrium 5 Ltd., a company has purchased a disability policy on its CEO. The policy provided that if the terms were…