Robert Trautman | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | March 6, 2015 Readers of this blog are aware that New Jersey is not the best state in the land if you want to hold insurance carriers to their promises by way of bad faith. The process just got even harder in light of the Supreme Court’s… Continue reading Insurer Relies on Unpublished Court Opinion to Dodge Bad Faith
Tag: Bad Faith
Suing for Bad Faith gets a Little Easier in Florida
Robert D. Helfand | Carlton Fields Jorden Burt | December 22, 2014 In a ruling that claims merely to clarify a 14-year-old case from the Florida Supreme Court, an appellate court recently held that an insurer may be liable to a statutory claim for bad faith failure to settle, based only on an unfavorable resolution… Continue reading Suing for Bad Faith gets a Little Easier in Florida
Southern District of California Denies Motion to Dismiss Bad Faith Claim in Homeowners Policy Dispute
Missouri Court Finds That “Ineffective” Reservation Of Rights Letters May Support Bad Faith Recovery Even In The Absence Of Coverage
Carolyn a. Woodson | Jones Day | November 17, 2014 All too often, instead of sending reservation of rights letters that unambiguously inform the insured of the insurer’s coverage position, insurers send longwinded, generic letters with a cursory discussion of the claim’s facts, minimal (if any) coverage analysis, extensive policy quotations, and boilerplate reservation language. … Continue reading Missouri Court Finds That “Ineffective” Reservation Of Rights Letters May Support Bad Faith Recovery Even In The Absence Of Coverage
Texas Supreme Court Denies Policyholder’s Discovery Regarding Claims Handling
Matthew Morris | Proskauer | November 18, 2014 It is rare to see a state’s highest court address a discovery issue. But the Supreme Court of Texas did just that recently in In re National Lloyds Insurance Co., holding that a policyholder’s demands for discovery about how her homeowner’s insurance carrier’s claims adjusters handled other… Continue reading Texas Supreme Court Denies Policyholder’s Discovery Regarding Claims Handling