Western District Judge Horan previously dismissed breach of contract and bad faith claims in this case, with leave to amend. A copy of our earlier…
Category: PA - Cooperation with insurer
On April 16 and 21, 2021, Western District Judge Wiegand issued bad faith opinions. In the first case, she allowed the claim to proceed, denying…
The injured plaintiff had UIM insurance stacked for four vehicles. With stacking, this UIM coverage amounted to $60,000. The insured agreed to settle his claim…
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…
The court denied the insurer’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s UIM bad faith. Key issues were the insurer’s having failed to adduce evidence explaining…
Today’s post summarizes Lehigh County Judge Melissa Pavlack’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in this breach of contract and bad faith case. The…
This 95-page opinion granting the insurer summary judgment provides an extremely detailed review of the facts, and considerable exposition of bad faith case law concerning…
In this case, among other things, the Superior Court stated the principle that statutory bad faith can exist independently of the insurer’s denying a benefit…
The insured, as an administrator of the estate of his son, filed suit against the insurer. His son was injured by a drunk driver, and…
In Feingold v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the insured brought breach of contract and bad faith counts in a suit brought approximately thirteen…