This case involves the existence of a fiduciary duty between financial advisor and his clients. The facts include recommendations to buy certain life insurance policies,…
Month: June 2017
This is “another UIM bad faith case,” the most common scenario for bad faith cases. That being said, it remains important for all counsel and…
In this case, the plaintiff attempted to bring various claims against an insurer, including a bad faith claim. Pennsylvania is not a direct action state.…
The UIM insured brought breach of contract, common law contractual bad faith, and statutory bad faith claims. The court recognized that the scope of common…
This suit was brought by an insurer against its insured’s attorneys and an expert retained by its insured’s attorneys in a Washington State class action…
The case involved a fire loss. The insured brought claims seeking coverage, and the insurer filed insurance fraud counterclaims under Pennsylvania’s Insurance Fraud Statute. Before…
This summary judgment opinion involved a bad faith dispute based on alleged delay in claims handling in the course of an appraisal process valuing property…
This case centered on plaintiff’s allegations that the defendant insurers simply refused to pay claims under an applicable policy. The insured pleaded the policy was in effect…
The excellent Tort Talk Blog has updated its reporting on post-Koken UIM case law on motions to bifurcate, this most recent case being a denial of such…
This property loss case provides a good summary of basic bad faith law leading into its analysis of the facts, and then some strong language…