It has been nearly 15 years since our first bad faith blog post, summarizing an opinion by the late Judge Albert Sheppard. Today’s summary is…
Category: PA – Attorney Client Privilege
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…
The instant dispute involves the depositions of the claims handler and a corporate designee, as well as the scope of document discovery. The insurer made…
This case involves a head-spinning array of factual discrepancies between the insured’s claims to the carrier and the results of the insurer’s investigation. These range from…
The good news: The court in Ferguson v. USAA General Indemnity takes on the issue of whether a statutory bad faith claim can survive if…
In this first-party property damage case, Judge Conner addressed a motion to sever and stay a bad faith claim, as well as a motion for…
This UIM breach of contract and bad faith case involved an alleged ex parte contact with the carrier’s claims adjuster, after defense counsel had communicated…
Magistrate Judge Wells addressed the difference between the federal and Pennsylvania work product doctrines in this federal UIM bad faith case. Under the Federal Rules…
This is a discovery opinion addressing a wide range of issues including the attorney client privilege, work product doctrine and discovery of reserves. A number…
An underinsured motorist injured the insureds. The tortfeasor’s insurer ultimately tendered $15,000 to the insureds. The insureds’ own UIM policy contained maximum benefits of $100,000,…