This UIM breach of contract and bad faith case was removed to federal court. The potential contract policy based recovery was limited to $50,000, but…
Month: October 2017
The insured filed a UIM action against her insurer. Initially, the insured settled with the tortfeasor’s insurer for $85,000. At the beginning of the litigation,…
The insured filed a claim with his insurer after his commercial property was vandalized. The insured’s adjuster estimated the total damage to be $444,325.71, while…
We originally posted a summary of the New Jersey Federal District Court’s August 2017 opinion in Legends Management Co. v. Affiliated Insurance, concerning various discovery issues. Since…
This is a discovery opinion addressing a wide range of issues including the attorney client privilege, work product doctrine and discovery of reserves. A number…
The excellent Tort Talk Blog today posted a federal Middle District case, Davenport v. USAA Casualty Ins. Co., No. 1:16-CV-2378 (M.D.Pa. Oct. 11, 2017) (Jones, J.),…
In this UIM action, the insured sustained serious and permanent injuries. After recovering $15,000 from the underinsured tortfeasor’s insurer, the instant insurer offered the insured…
The insured engaged in basic grout and tile work, and had a CGL. While performing work in the lobby of a commercial premises, grout dust…
This is a UIM bad faith case. The insurer did not meet the insureds’ demand, and sought a release of bad faith claims during the…
The insureds owned commercial property damaged due to storm-related incidents. They retained an outside adjusting firm. After the adjusting firm first notified the insurer of…