MAY 2018 BAD FAITH CASES: (1) THIRD-PARTY CLAIMANT CANNOT BRING BAD FAITH CLAIM, BUT (2) DID PLEAD PLAUSIBLE CLAIM BASED ON ALLEGED INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SAME CARRIER’S FIRST PARTY AND THIRD PARTY CLAIMS HANDLING BY A SINGLE ADJUSTER (Middle District of Pennsylvania)

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After an auto accident, the insured submitted a (first-party) UIM claim to its insurer. The tortfeasor in the accident had a policy with the same…

JUNE 2014 BAD FAITH CASES: ATTORNEY INSURED’S BREACH OF CONTRACT AND BAD FAITH CLAIMS DISMISSED UNDER PRIOR KNOWLEDGE EXCLUSION IN MALPRACTICE POLICY WHERE DRAGONETTI ACTION AGAINST ATTORNEY AND THE CLIENTS BRINGING SUBSEQUENT MALPRACTICE SUIT CREATED OBJECTIVELY REASONABLE BASIS TO KNOW OF POTENTIAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM (Philadelphia Federal)

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In Ettinger & Assocs., LLC v. Hartford/Twin City Fire Ins. Co., the court addressed coverage under an attorney’s professional liability policy. The initial events concerned…