Eastern District Judge Younge denied the insurer’s summary judgment motion on bad faith, and its motion to bifurcate the bad faith claim. Plaintiff sought coverage…
Category: PA – Bifurcate/Sever & Stays
This case involves a first party fire loss to the insured’s home. The insured’s public adjuster estimated damages at over $300,000. The insurer’s adjuster issued…
The insured denied coverage in this UIM case, and the insured sued for breach of contract and bad faith. The case centered on whether the…
The insurer successfully moved to dismiss a UIM bad faith claim. While the plaintiff pleaded sufficient facts to show the insurer’s conduct was unreasonable, plaintiff…
The court recently permitted the UIM bad faith claim to proceed in this case. The defendant insurer then moved to bifurcate the breach of contract…
In this underinsured motorist bad faith case, Eastern District Judge DuBois denied both a motion to dismiss on ripeness grounds, and an alternative motion to…
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 case involves a homeowners’ fire loss claim. The carrier refused to pay on the basis that the insureds made material misrepresentations in applying for…
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…