This is a delay in payment bad faith case, based on fire damage to a home. There is no dispute case coverage was due, and…
Category: PA – Negligence not bad faith
Eastern District Judge Tucker explains the similarities and differences between common law and statutory bad faith, in granting the insurer summary judgment on the statutory…
Middle District Judge Conner dismissed this UIM bad faith claim on three grounds. First, the complaint relied upon conclusory averments, and lacked sufficient factual allegations…
Legal theories alone are not enough to sustain litigation. A plaintiff must also plead factual allegations to support his legal theories. The Honorable Joshua D.…
The insured brings this breach of contract and bad faith case based on the insurer’s denying virtually all of her water damage claim, and its…
This UIM bad faith case had survived a motion to dismiss, but summary judgment ended the plaintiff’s bad faith claim. Eastern District Judge Leeson had…
In Western District Magistrate Judge Dodge’s May 2020 opinion in this case, the court allowed this UIM bad faith claim to survive a motion to…
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 injured plaintiff had UIM insurance stacked for four vehicles. With stacking, this UIM coverage amounted to $60,000. The insured agreed to settle his claim…
Plaintiff was injured in an auto accident and made both PIP claims and underinsured motorist (UIM) claims. She found the carrier’s settlement offers and negotiations…