This is one of the few recent cases finding that a bad faith plaintiff met federal pleading standards, surviving a motion to dismiss. In this…
Month: April 2020
The insurer issued a policy to the plaintiff’s lender, the mortgage holder. The plaintiff sought relief under the policy, and the insurer argued plaintiff was…
Like other states, Pennsylvania Covid-19 coverage cases are rapidly expanding in the last few weeks. Western Pennsylvania In Western Pennsylvania, two cases were filed in…
The insured was exclusively in the business of snow and ice removal. The carrier issued a policy having an exclusion for snow and ice removal.…
This class action complaint alleged the insurer underpaid on motor vehicle personal injury benefits claims by using an improper fee schedule, resulting in lower payments…
Covid-19 coverage suits against insurers are expanding daily. We recently summarized some key litigation issues concerning the “Exclusion of Loss Due to Virus or Bacteria”;…
The insureds had two nearly identical losses. In 2016, there was water damage to their roof and interior home damage. The insurer originally paid for…
The insured church’s roof collapsed. The insurer denied coverage on the basis that its engineer determined the causal factors were “a combination of deferred maintenance, improper…
Continuing a line of recent Eastern District decisions, the court dismissed the UIM plaintiff’s bad faith claim as inadequately pleaded, with leave to amend. The…
The court described this as the case of the missing email. The insurance policy at issue covered various cars. The insured emailed its broker to add…