This Philadelphia Federal Court decision addressed breach of contract and bad faith claims under New Jersey law. The parties had agreed that this property damage…
Category: PA – Choice/Conflict of Law
The marine insurance policy at issue had a New York choice-of-law provision. The insured attempted to assert claims under Pennsylvania law, including claims for breach…
This case may provide the clearest statement of the view that Pennsylvania permits statutory insurance bad faith claims to proceed where no benefit is due…
This action is similar to other life insurance litigation recently before Judge Pappert. This case was determined under California law. The insureds had flexible premium…
This insurance bad faith case involved: (1) a physical loss in West Virginia; (2) an Illinois insurer; (3) an insured with its principal place of…
The insured failed to allege a plausible bad faith claim in this case. The insurer had defended the insured under a reservation of rights in…
In IMS Health Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Company, the insured brought action against its insurer. Suit previously had been filed in Philadelphia’s federal district…
In Alcantarilla v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the insureds brought an action for breach of contract and bad faith arising out of a…
In H.J. Heinz Co. v. Starr Surplus Lines Ins. Co., the insured and the insurer sought a declaration from the Court as to the insurer’s…
In Bridgewater Wholesalers, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company, the Court denied a motion to dismiss an insured’s bad faith claim under New Jersey…