NOVEMBER 2015 BAD FAITH CASES: COURT AFFIRMS JUDGMENTS FOR EXCESS INSURER: (1) PLAIN LANGUAGE OF POLICY MADE CLEAR THAT NEITHER EXCESS NOR UMBRELLA COVERAGE APPLIED; (2) DEFENSE PROVISION OF POLICY WAS NEVER TRIGGERED; AND (3) DECISION NOT TO PAY FOR APPEAL BOND WAS NOT BAD FAITH (Third Circuit - Pennsylvania)

In Charter Oak Insurance Company v. Maglio Fresh Foods, the Court affirmed a 2013 summary judgment in favor of the excess and umbrella insurer, and…

NOVEMBER 2015 BAD FAITH CASES: COURT DISMISSES INSURED’S BAD FAITH CLAIM AFTER INSURER SHOWS REASONABLE BASIS FOR (1) REQUESTING INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION, (2) REFUSING TO PROCEED TO ARBITRATION WITHOUT AN EXAMINATION, AND (3) DENYING INSURED’S CLAIM (Third Circuit)

In Feingold v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the insured brought breach of contract and bad faith counts in a suit brought approximately thirteen…