The court determined that plaintiff was not an insured in this title insurance matter. Thus, it was not entitled to any title insurance coverage. Addressing…
Category: PA – Standing, Assignment or Outside Scope
This case involves claims against a carrier for two distinct auto accidents, as well as against two of its individual claim adjusters. The insured husband…
There were serious issues in this case as to whether the assignee of over 100 claims named the proper defendant/carrier, and whether the assignors even…
Keeping with today’s theme, Eastern District Judge Leeson, like Judge Pratter, dismissed an amended bad faith claim with prejudice, after the insured did not correct…
Here are quick summaries of two recent Pennsylvania Eastern District bad faith cases. TAKING CONTRARY POSITIONS IN SUBROGATION AND UNINSURED MOTORIST CASES ON INSURED’S CULPABILITY…
This first party fire loss case sets out some significant legal propositions: A plaintiff has no standing as a section 8371 assignee unless that plaintiff…
On April 16 and 21, 2021, Western District Judge Wiegand issued bad faith opinions. In the first case, she allowed the claim to proceed, denying…
This case involves a dispute between a defendant’s own insurer and another carrier obligated to provide coverage to defendant as an additional insured. The issues…
In this case, the Third Circuit upheld the principle that a statutory bad faith claim can only be assigned to the underlying injured plaintiff and…
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…