The court found that ERISA pre-empted the plaintiff’s state law bad faith claims, whether brought under Pennsylvania or Georgia law. The bad faith claim was…
Month: April 2016
In International Management Consultants, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Insurance Company, the plaintiff was a general contractor doing work for a school district. As part of…
In Puzzo v. Metropolitan life Insurance Co., the Court held that an insured could not amend his declaratory judgment complaint to include allegations of bad…
In Ridolfi v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the insured brought breach of contract and bad faith claims against its own insurer in connection…
In MONY Life Insurance Company v. Snyder, there was a dispute over whether life insurance proceeds were to be paid to an ex-spouse or current…
In Abiona v. Geico Indemnity Company, the insurer sought to dismiss the underinsured motorist bad faith claim, and if not dismissed, then to sever and…
In Moll v. Pruco Life Insurance Company, the Court held that an insurer did not act in bad faith during the claims process or in…
In Urena v. Allstate Insurance Company, the court addressed what portions of the undersinsured motorist plaintiff’s statutory Bad Faith claims were pre-empted by Pennsylvania’s Motor…
The excellent Tort Talk Blog has continued in its leading coverage of post-Koken case law on how the Courts of Common Pleas address motions to…
In Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Caris, the underlying facts involved the alleged fraudulent sale of a property with contamination. The insureds entered a consent…