DECEMBER 2017 BAD FAITH CASES: NO BAD FAITH WHERE: INSURER CONTINUALLY INVESTIGATED CLAIM; MADE LOW BUT REASONABLE SETTLEMENT OFFERS; DELAY IN ISSUING EXPERT REPORT WAS BASED ON POTENTIALLY IMMINENT SETTLEMENT; DISCOUNTING OFFER FOR TORTFEASOR PAYMENT FELL WITHIN TOTAL LIABILITY VALUATION (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas)

This is a UIM bad faith action that went to verdict in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas, with the Court ruling for the insurer. The…