In this UIM action, with a history reaching back over a decade, the court applied the statute of limitations to dismiss plaintiff’s section 8371 claim,…
Month: November 2020
The central issue in this Superstorm Sandy case was whether coverage was due for a “collapse.” Collapse was a defined term, but the defining language…
The homeowner insured’s amended complaint asserted a breach of contract claim after the carrier denied coverage for a fire loss. The original complaint included a…
The insurer denied coverage under a “regular use exclusion” in this UIM case. The complaint included a breach of contract claim, but no statutory bad…
Plaintiff’s godfather died in a hospital, of what plaintiff claimed was medical malpractice. Plaintiff attempted to sue the hospital’s insurer for bad faith. He alleged…
This long ongoing litigation involved a dispute over whether a subcontractor’s poor workmanship could be a covered “occurrence”. During the pendency of this litigation, the…
Yesterday, November 3, 2020, Governor Wolf signed a bill into law permitting the Superior Court and Courts of Common Pleas to create specialized Commerce Court…
The court recently permitted the UIM bad faith claim to proceed in this case. The defendant insurer then moved to bifurcate the breach of contract…