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 – Sworn Statement/EUO
Western District Judge Horan previously dismissed breach of contract and bad faith claims in this case, with leave to amend. A copy of our earlier…
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…
This bad faith case involved a first party property damage dispute. The insured alleged he fully cooperated in the insurer’s investigation, but the insurer wrongly…
This case involves a head-spinning array of factual discrepancies between the insured’s claims to the carrier and the results of the insurer’s investigation. These range from…
Today’s post summarizes Lehigh County Judge Melissa Pavlack’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in this breach of contract and bad faith case. The…
The insured’s home was burglarized, and he sought coverage for his losses. The insurer conducted an investigation. It asked for an examination under oath on…
The insurer sought damages and rescission under Pennsylvania common law and New Jersey’s Insurance Fraud Prevention Act. There was a fire at the insured’s New…
This is another UIM bad faith case. The court found the following allegations were sufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss the bad faith claim.…
A UIM claimant alleged bad faith based upon: “misstatement of … coverage limits, alleged delay in claims processing, insistence upon a sworn statement under oath…