It has been nearly 15 years since our first bad faith blog post, summarizing an opinion by the late Judge Albert Sheppard. Today’s summary is…
Category: PA – Reserves
This Pennsylvania federal opinion addresses bad faith discovery disputes. The case involved first party fire damage losses. Plaintiffs sought various claims file documents, and the…
The instant dispute involves the depositions of the claims handler and a corporate designee, as well as the scope of document discovery. The insurer made…
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…
In this UIM bad faith case, the court set out a detailed claims handling history. It shows an active claims handler, conflicting expert reports, and…
In this bad faith action, Eastern District Judge Slomsky addressed three disputed discovery issues: (1) reserves; (2) claim adjuster work product; and (3) trade secrets.…
This case addresses a number of discovery issues in this first party benefit denial breach of contract and bad faith case. RESERVES (BAD FAITH ON…
This discovery dispute arose in a UIM bad faith case over the insurer’s seeking to reduce benefits after taking the position it had overpaid for…
The insured was involved in a deadly motor vehicle accident. The insurer could have settled the case within the $11,000,000 policy limit, but declined to…
This is a discovery opinion addressing a wide range of issues including the attorney client privilege, work product doctrine and discovery of reserves. A number…