9/8/2009 12:14:48 PM EST In an unpublished two page decision filed August 11, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a $21.6 million jury verdict in favor of a New Orleans grocer with ap ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/2/2009 11:31:20 AM EST On August 19, 2009, Michigan's House Insurance Committee advanced the package of “bad faith” bills (House bills 4244, 4844, 4858, 5020, 5144-5151) by voting to toughen penalties fo ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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4/20/2009 11:13:31 PM EST The District of Columbia had been one of the few jurisdictions that had not decided whether to recognize the tort of first-party bad faith. An early federal district court decision had predicted that the district woul ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/27/2009 1:04:22 PM EST As the Insurance Law Center's monthly focus on Bad Faith comes to an end, I'd like to spotlight Mealey's Insurance Bad Faith's upcoming two-part commentary series, A Year In Review, which publishes this time of year, every yea ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/22/2009 1:36:50 AM EST SEATTLE, Wash. -- An insurer's coverage denial was founded on its claims investigator's opinion on the cause of the loss, the cause cited is specifically excluded by the policy and the insurer ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/19/2009 9:34:23 PM EST Attorney-client privilege plays a particularly important role in insurance bad faith cases. Those with bad faith claims against insurers commonly view the insurer’s communications with its lawyers and the lawyers’ work product as valuable e ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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1/4/2009 10:01:47 PM EST Interpreting Louisiana law, the Fifth Circuit determined that damages for mental anguish were properly awarded based on the insurer's bad faith. See Dickerson v. Lexington Ins. Co ., Continue reading >>Comments (0)
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9/2/2008 4:49:24 PM EST Judge Bill Mathesius of the Mercer County, N.J., Superior Court on Aug. 22 denied without prejudice motions by TIG Insurance Co., Transamerica Corp. and Pyramid Insurance Co. for a bench trial on IMO Industries Inc.'s bad faith and other tort claims ag ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/11/2008 12:16:05 PM EST The New York Court of Appeals on June 5 denied Harleysville Insurance Company of New York's motion to reargue Bi-Economy Market Inc.'s bad faith case against it. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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5/2/2008 11:24:04 AM EST The attempts to prevent insurance fraud are not entirely useless. As I report in this month's issue of Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter, the following were convicted of variations of the crime o ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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3/19/2008 11:24:28 AM EST I have to admit, I got such a kick out of John J. Pappas "From Beautiful Brazilians to Bear-Catchers" commentary that was featured in yesterday's issue of Insurance Bad Faith. Create an account or login to post comments. | Read Comments (2)
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3/7/2008 1:49:17 PM EST The Oregon Supreme Court yesterday affirmed that a $20 million punitive damages verdict against Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon is excessive but found that the case "fully justifies the highest permisible award, viz., an award tht is four time ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/25/2008 10:57:31 AM EST The standard for a first-party bad-faith claim in New York was perhaps significantly and permanently altered on February 19, 2008 with the Court of Appeals' decisions in Panasia Estates v. Hudson Insurance Company and Bi-Economy Market v. Harleysville res ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/5/2008 2:33:34 PM EST U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. Donohue of the District Court of the Western District of Washington on Feb. 1 denied HSS Enterprises' motion to file an amended complaint, finding that Washington's Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA) is not retro ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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