Aug 19, 2015 | Articles/E-Alerts
Predicting that Pennsylvania courts may allow for negligence claims against individual insurance adjusters, U.S District Judge Thomas N. O’Neill recently held that Plaintiffs did not fraudulently bring suit against individual adjusters in a bad-faith case in order to...
Jul 22, 2015 | Articles/E-Alerts
A United States District Court recently reiterated Pennsylvania’s “contemporaneous observance” requirement as necessary to establish a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress in Rapchak v. Freightliner Custom Chassis, et al, U.S.D.C. WDPA 2:13-CV-1307. ...
Jul 10, 2015 | Articles/E-Alerts
The Superior Court, in a recent unpublished decision, affirmed a jury’s decision that Defendant’s negligence caused harm to Plaintiff but that harm was insignificant and unworthy of compensation. Notaro v. Pfaffle, 2015 Pa. Super., Unpub. LEXIS 735. The Superior...
Jun 30, 2015 | Articles/E-Alerts
A recent 3rd Circuit decision has excluded punitive damages awarded in the underlying suit from the types of damages an insurer may be liable for in a subsequent breach of contract or bad faith suit. In Wolfe v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., No. 12-4450 (3d....
Jun 24, 2015 | Articles/E-Alerts
The recent case of Mutual Ben. Ins. Co., v. Politsopoulos concerned the scope of an employer’s liability exclusion in an umbrella commercial liability insurance policy. Leola Restaurant maintained an umbrella commercial liability insurance policy with Mutual Benefit,...
