Anastasiya Collins | SDV Insights How much time do our clients have to bring a bad faith action against an insurer? Although we are not frequently asked this question, it is one that we constantly analyze before asserting a bad faith claim. To answer this question, we look to the statute of limitations, which is… Continue reading Statute of Limitations and Bad Faith Claims: Factors to Consider
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Statute of Limitations and Bad Faith Claims: Factors to Consider
Anastasiya Collins | Saxe Doernberger & Vita How much time do our clients have to bring a bad faith action against an insurer? Although we are not frequently asked this question, it is one that we constantly analyze before asserting a bad faith claim. To answer this question, we look to the statute of limitations,… Continue reading Statute of Limitations and Bad Faith Claims: Factors to Consider
Arizona Appellate Court to Consider Standard for Aiding and Abetting Bad Faith Claims
Patrick Gorman | Jones, Skelton & Hochuli Iglesia v. BrotherhoodArizona Court of AppealsApril 12, 2022 In cases alleging bad faith against an insurance carriers, policyholders will often sue employee adjusters or contractors (independent adjusters, engineers, experts) of the insurance carrier to keep the case out of federal court. In a legal sense, policyholders sue the… Continue reading Arizona Appellate Court to Consider Standard for Aiding and Abetting Bad Faith Claims
An Inadequate Investigation Exposes Arizona Insurers to Bad Faith Only If the Insured Proves Additional Investigation Would Have Favored the Insured
Nathan Meyer | Jaburg Wilk Plaintiffs often allege an insurer breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing by conducting an unreasonable and/or an inadequate investigation. But, Arizona courts have held for over 30 years that an insurer’s unreasonable investigation can be the basis of bad faith liability only if a reasonable investigation would… Continue reading An Inadequate Investigation Exposes Arizona Insurers to Bad Faith Only If the Insured Proves Additional Investigation Would Have Favored the Insured
Wyoming Supreme Court Allows Insured to Seek Bad Faith Damages
Lee-Ann Brown | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings In May of this year, the Supreme Court of Wyoming held that a subsidiary of Sinclair Oil could invoke statutory bad faith damages after prevailing in a coverage dispute with its insurer, Infrassure. The court rejected the district court’s analysis that accepted the insurer’s narrow interpretation of Wyoming’s… Continue reading Wyoming Supreme Court Allows Insured to Seek Bad Faith Damages