In Becker v. Farmington Casualty Company, Plaintiff filed a declaratory judgment action in state court to determine Defendant insurer’s duty to defend and indemnify, and…
Month: July 2009
In Denicola v. Progressive Direct Ins. Co., Plaintiff insured was involved in a motor vehicle accident with an underinsured motorist. Plaintiff had an automobile insurance…
In Haines v. State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company, the insured sought coverage from the insurer under a homeowner’s insurance policy arising from a…
Under current Pennsylvania Supreme Court interpretation of Pennsylvania’s Bad Faith Statute, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8371, only a judge can hear a statutory bad faith claim. …
In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court reinterpreted the standards for pleading under Rule 8(a), making it harder for a plaintiff to survive a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for…
In Cher-D, Incorporated, t/a Pine Knob Inn v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company, the court had denied summary judgment to the insurer on the statutory…
In Post v. St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company, the court granted summary judgment to the insurer on a bad faith claim. This was the second…
In Letwin v. Rain & Hale, LLC, a Philadelphia Commerce Court case, the Court addressed whether a denial to defend and indemnify a workers’ compensation…
Over the years we have revised this Blog. Originally, the Pennsylvania Insurance Bad Faith Case Law Blog, it is now the Pennsyvlania and New Jersey…