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APRIL 2018 BAD FAITH CASES: $21 MILLION BAD FAITH JUDGMENT REVERSED BECAUSE TRIAL COURT “ENGAGED IN A LIMITED AND HIGHLY SELECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FACTS AND DREW THE MOST MALIGNANT POSSIBLE INFERENCES FROM THE FACTS IT CHOSE TO CONSIDER” (Pennsylvania Superior Court)

MARCH 2016 BAD FAITH CASES: PHILADELPHIA COURT (1) APPLIES PENNSYLVANIA LAW TO STATUTORY BAD FAITH CLAIM AFTER CONDUCTING CHOICE OF LAW ANALYSIS; (2) FINDS GENUINE ISSUE OF MATERIAL FACT EXISTED AS TO WHETHER INSURER’S CLAIMS HANDLING OVER PAYMENTS OF DEFENSE COUNSEL FEES AMOUNTED TO BAD FAITH; (3) DISMISSES INSURED’S BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY CLAIM AFTER FINDING IT WAS REDUNDANT OF BAD FAITH CLAIM (Philadelphia Commerce Court)

DECEMBER 2015 BAD FAITH CASES: (1) INSURED CANNOT PLEAD ATTORNEYS’ FEES IN BREACH OF CONTRACT CLAIM STANDING ALONE; (2) NO SEPARATE ACTION FOR BREACH OF IMPLIED COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING; AND (3) BOILERPLATE ALLEGATIONS OF STATUTORY BAD FAITH ARE GOING TO BE DISMISSED, AT BEST WITHOUT PREJUDICE, WHERE NO SUPPORTING FACTS ARE ALLEGED (Philadelphia Federal)

JULY 2015 BAD FAITH CASES: (1) INSURANCE BAD FAITH STATUTE DOES NOT APPLY TO SURETIES; (2) PRINCIPLES ALLOWING AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES FOR BAD FAITH CONDUCT IN BRINGING/DEFENDING/PURSUING LITIGATION CANNOT BE USED TO END RUN THE INSURANCE BAD FAITH STATUTE (Philadelphia Federal)