This case addresses insurance contract rescission/reformation for alleged knowing material misrepresentations, among other legal issues. Philadelphia Federal Judge Kearney observes that insurers may rescind their…
Category: PA – Reverse Bad Faith
The insurer obtained a default judgment permitting it to rescind a policy for fraudulent misrepresentations in an application and subsequent renewals. The complaint alleged the…
Eastern District Judge Younge denied the insurer’s summary judgment motion on bad faith, and its motion to bifurcate the bad faith claim. Plaintiff sought coverage…
The insurer denied plaintiff’s first party fire loss claim because it concluded that the insured set the fire himself. The insured brought breach of contract…
The insured admittedly altered vendor invoices that inflated the replacement value of damaged items in this first party property damage claim, and submitted those false…
This case involved an auto accident death, and whether the deceased was an insured “family member” under his stepfather’s auto policy. Coverage depends on whether…
The homeowner insured’s amended complaint asserted a breach of contract claim after the carrier denied coverage for a fire loss. The original complaint included a…
The carrier sought rescission of a medical professional liability policy, and brought a motion for summary judgment. The court denied that motion. In the application…
The insured’s representatives sued the insured’s carrier and its claims adjuster for bad faith. The complaint alleged bad faith in claims handling and in refusing…
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…