An insurer successfully defeated a plaintiff’s attempt to keep a bad faith action in state court by “manipulating” federal diversity jurisdiction by naming an individual claims adjuster as a defendant. Capitol Body Shop, Inc. v Allstate Ins. Co., No. 3:18-cv-516,
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Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dismisses Statutory and Common Law Bad Faith Claims Against Insurer Where Insured Failed to Support Allegations of Bad Faith with Specific Facts and Common Law Claim Was Subsumed by Breach of Contract Claim
Saul Ewing Blogs | Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dismisses Statutory and Common Law Bad Faith Claims Against Insurer Where Insured Failed to Support Allegations of Bad Faith with Specific Facts and Common Law Claim Was Subsumed by Breach of Contract…
Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dismisses Statutory and Common Law Bad Faith Claims Against Insurer Where Insured Failed to Support Allegations of Bad Faith with Specific Facts and Common Law Claim Was Subsumed by Breach of Contract Claim
Saul Ewing Blogs | Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dismisses Statutory and Common Law Bad Faith Claims Against Insurer Where Insured Failed to Support Allegations of Bad Faith with Specific Facts and Common Law Claim Was Subsumed by Breach of Contract…
Northern District of Illinois Dismisses Statutory Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer Where Bona Fide Coverage Dispute Existed and Insured Failed to Plead Sufficient Facts Showing That Insurer Unreasonably Refused to Comply with Policy Obligations
Saul Ewing Blogs | Northern District of Illinois Dismisses Statutory Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer Where Bona Fide Coverage Dispute Existed and Insured Failed to Plead Sufficient Facts Showing That Insurer Unreasonably Refused to Comply with Policy Obligations
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Not in Time: Complaint Remanded Where Insurer “Should Have Known” That the Amount in Controversy Exceeded the Jurisdictional Threshold Because the insureds did not Expressly Limit Their Demand for bad faith Damages
Saul Ewing Blogs | Not in Time: Complaint Remanded Where Insurer “Should Have Known” That the Amount in Controversy Exceeded the Jurisdictional Threshold Because the insureds did not Expressly Limit Their Demand for bad faith Damages
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Sent v. Received: Insurer Defeats Bad Faith Claim by Demonstrating That it Mailed Notice of Cancellation
Sent v. Received: Insurer Defeats Bad Faith Claim by Demonstrating That it Mailed Notice of Cancellation
After a fire damaged their home, Robert and Janet Fuller submitted a claim under their homeowners policy with Safeco Insurance Company. Safeco denied the…
New York Appellate Court: No Heightened Pleading Requirement for Consequential Damages Sought by Insureds
New York Appellate Court: No Heightened Pleading Requirement for Consequential Damages Sought by Insureds
The plaintiff in D.K. Prop., Inc. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA., No. 650733/17, 2019 WL 237454 (N.Y. App. Div. Jan. 17, 2019)…
Eastern District of Pennsylvania Declines to Remand Bad Faith Claims, Holding that Fraudulently Joined Claims Adjuster did not Defeat Diversity
Eastern District of Pennsylvania Declines to Remand Bad Faith Claims, Holding that Fraudulently Joined Claims Adjuster did not Defeat Diversity
Mariano and Joanne Mattei filed a complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against Liberty Mutual and…
Eastern District of Kentucky Grants Insurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment, Agreeing that Insured Made a Material Misrepresentation in his Claim
Eastern District of Kentucky Grants Insurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment, Agreeing that Insured Made a Material Misrepresentation in his Claim
Lawrence Proctor submitted a claim to GEICO for damage to his RV that he claimed was caused by a January…
N.D. of Mississippi: Insured’s Claim that Insurer Acted in Bad Faith by Failing to Disclose its Practice of Depreciating Labor Costs Survives Motion to Dismiss
Saul Ewing Blogs | N.D. of Mississippi: Insured’s Claim that Insurer Acted in Bad Faith by Failing to Disclose its Practice of Depreciating Labor Costs Survives Motion to Dismiss