The insured successfully defeated a summary judgment motion on the issue of coverage, but lost on bad faith. The policy excluded coverage for burst radiator…
Category: NJ - Negligence not bad faith
This Superstorm Sandy case involved a $400,000 discrepancy in damage estimates between the insured’s and insurer’s adjustors. The court found a material issue of fact…
In this reinsurance litigation, non-party Resolute Management, Inc. (“Resolute”) filed a motion to quash a FRCP 30(b)(6) deposition served upon it by Defendant/insured J.M. Huber…
Fineman, Krekstein & Harris obtained dismissal of a bad faith claim against the insurer where the insured’s complaint did not set out sufficient facts to…
The appellate court addressed bad faith in this environmental contamination coverage case. The panel reiterated the law that “an insurance company may be liable to…
The federal district court observed that mere mistakes cannot be the basis for bad faith claims under New Jersey law. Opposing the insurer’s summary judgment…
In Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Caris, the underlying facts involved the alleged fraudulent sale of a property with contamination. The insureds entered a consent…
In Barratt v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the insured asserted a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing for failure to pay…
In Shilling v. Reassure America Life Insurance Company, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy brought breach of contract and bad faith claims for the…
In Onex Credit v. Atrium 5 Ltd., a company has purchased a disability policy on its CEO. The policy provided that if the terms were…