Two underinsured motorist plaintiffs agreed to a high-low arbitration with their carrier. One agreed to a $5,000 – $65,000 range and the other to a…
Category: PA – Damages
Plaintiff successfully stated a bad faith claim in this underinsured motorist case. Plaintiff alleged serious injuries, lost earnings and earning capacity, and emotional injuries. The…
This is a breach of contract and bad faith first party property damage claim. The court denied the insurer’s motion to dismiss the bad faith…
The insured suffered a fire loss and asserted the carrier’s actual cash value estimate was unreasonably low. It brought breach of contract and bad faith…
This fact-driver UIM bad faith case resulted in a non-jury verdict for the insurer. Pennsylvania’s Superior Court affirmed. [This is the second non-precedential Superior Court…
After a non-jury trial, the Blair County Court of Common Pleas found the insurer violated the bad faith statute, and awarded statutory damages in the…
The insured brought suit over a $500 valuation dispute. The carrier valued the insured’s car at $2,500 ($3,000 less at $500 deductible), and repairs were…
Eastern District Judge Marston reviews three lines of U.S. Supreme Court and Third Circuit precedent in determining when, and whether, the burden of proof in…
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 is one of the few recent cases finding that a bad faith plaintiff met federal pleading standards, surviving a motion to dismiss. In this…