The excellent Tort Talk blog today posted a summary and link to a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ decision, denying a motion to sever a bad faith claim…
Month: June 2015
In Militello v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company, the court granted the insured’s motion for leave to file a second amended complaint to add…
In 151 E. Leaming Ave Condo Ass’n v. QBE Specialty Ins. Co., the insured’s bad faith claim failed as a matter of law because the…
In Clemens v. New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the court addressed numerous motions in limine, in a supplemental underinsured motorist action. The motions…
The insurer sought to dismiss the bad faith claim, arguing that “there are no facts in the amended complaint to suggest that it acted without…
In Smith v. Progressive Specialty Insurance Company, the insured’s motion to remand breach of contract and bad faith UIM claims was denied. The motion focused…
In Gold v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company the court struck the insured’s bad faith claims for emotional distress, stating that insurance bad faith causes…
In U.S. Sewer & Drain, Inc. v. Earle Asphalt Company, the Court dismissed a claim for bad faith breach of a surety bond after the…
In Rau v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, the Court found that the insured’s claim for breach of the common law duty of good…
In Wolfe v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company, the Third Circuit was presented with the question of “whether punitive damages awarded against an insured…