This case involved one named insured and two additional insureds under a single policy. All three were sued for negligence in a serious personal injury…
Month: October 2020
This UIM case was removed to federal court, and the insured moved to remand this procedurally complex matter. The carrier opposed remand and moved to…
The excellent Tort Talk Blog posted today on Judge Melissa T. Pavlack’s bad faith ruling in Unterberg v. Mercury Insurance Company. Judge Pavlack awarded $900,000…
This case involves attorney malpractice insurance, and when a carrier is estopped from denying coverage for failing to issue a timely reservation of rights letter.…
Plaintiff was injured in an auto accident and made both PIP claims and underinsured motorist (UIM) claims. She found the carrier’s settlement offers and negotiations…
This case centers on a dispute between the insureds and their homeowners carrier over whether the carrier had agreed to policy limit increases based on…
This case involved the arbitrability of statutory bad faith claims. The Superior Court relied upon its 23-year old decision in Nealy v. State Farm Mutual…
The insureds were attorneys sued by an insurance carrier. The insured attorneys sought coverage from their own professional liability carrier, and the malpractice carrier asserted…
This case involved a professional errors and omissions policy, with a bodily injury exclusion. The carrier denied a defense and indemnification based on this exclusion,…
A putative additional insured brought breach of contract and bad faith claims. The insurer denied a defense and indemnification on the basis that the policy…