This case addresses insurance contract rescission/reformation for alleged knowing material misrepresentations, among other legal issues. Philadelphia Federal Judge Kearney observes that insurers may rescind their…
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This case involves claims against a carrier for two distinct auto accidents, as well as against two of its individual claim adjusters. The insured husband…
On July 19th, Judge Stickman held in Stegena v. Nationwide, that simply pleading the insured’s injuries are worth significantly more than the carrier’s valuation of…
This Pennsylvania federal opinion addresses bad faith discovery disputes. The case involved first party fire damage losses. Plaintiffs sought various claims file documents, and the…
In this case, the insured made a water damage claim, as well as claims for roof damages. She hired a public adjuster to pursue the…
This case involved breach of contract and bad faith claims against the insurer based on its decision not to cover the alleged theft of jewelry.…
The court described this as the case of the missing email. The insurance policy at issue covered various cars. The insured emailed its broker to add…
This is Magistrate Judge Eddy’s Report and Recommendation on the issue of whether certain statutory bad faith defendants were insurers subject to the bad faith…
The insured’s representatives sued the insured’s carrier and its claims adjuster for bad faith. The complaint alleged bad faith in claims handling and in refusing…
The insured sued based on a denial of benefits for a vandalism loss. During the course of pre-suit examinations under oath, the insurer concluded that…