The instant dispute involves the depositions of the claims handler and a corporate designee, as well as the scope of document discovery. The insurer made…
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In this case, Western District Magistrate Judge Kelly ordered production of the insurer’s claim handling guidelines. The insurer denied UIM coverage, claiming the insureds waived…
In Western District Magistrate Judge Dodge’s May 2020 opinion in this case, the court allowed this UIM bad faith claim to survive a motion to…
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…
In this unpublished opinion, Pennsylvania’s Superior Court addressed whether “institutional bad faith” states a private cause of action under Pennsylvania law. Much like yesterday’s post,…
Sometimes, lengthy litigation is described as an odyssey, warranted or not. In the Berg v. Nationwide case, the litigation has gone on as long as…
This case involved the adjustment of a fire loss claim. The insurer made over $1 Million in payments during a two-year period. The insured brought…
This exhaustive opinion on discovery of extrinsic evidence sets forth a working standard for determining permissible discovery in declaratory judgment insurance coverage contract actions. After…
In a bad faith case that actually went to trial, in Philadelphia’s Commerce Court, Fineman, Krekstein & Harris won a finding in favor of the…
This case involves cross actions for declaratory judgments on a lawyer’s professional liability policy, and bad faith claims by the attorneys against the carrier. The…