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Marshall Dennehey

Appeals Court Upholds Sovereign Immunity, Dismisses PIP Reimbursement Suit Against School Board

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School Board of Marion County v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 397 So. 3d 248 (Fla. 5th DCA Nov. 21, 2024) - An insurance carrier sought reimbursement for PIP benefits paid following a school bus accident,...more

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Court Denies UIM Coverage to Woman, Claiming ‘Family Member’ Status Through Daughter

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Miller v. USAA General Indemnity Company, No. 23-1934 (3d Cir. Jan. 7, 2025) - The plaintiff, who resided with her daughter in the home of her daughter’s paternal grandmother, sought UIM benefits under an auto insurance...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Allstate in Bad Faith Claim

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In an issue of first impression, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for Allstate and held that the two-year statute of limitations for bad faith claims arising out of an uninsured/underinsured...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Insurer-Defended Policyholder’s Bid to Expand Florida’s Bad Faith “Excess Judgment Rule” to Include...

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In Cawthorn v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co., No. 18-12067 (11th Cir. Oct. 25, 2019), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Auto-Owners...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Insurers Beware: One Insurer’s Settlement Can Support a Bad Faith Failure-to-Settle Claim Against a Nonsettling Insurer

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An insurer defending a claim against an insured that could exceed policy limits has a good faith obligation to settle the claim if possible. Failure to do so puts a nonsettling insurer at grave risk. An Eleventh Circuit...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Pa. Superior Court Vacates Bad-Faith Insurance Verdict, Cautioning Against Industrywide Condemnations

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In a highly anticipated decision, the Pennsylvania Superior Court vacated an eyebrow-raising $21 million award for an auto policyholder and found that the insurer did not act in bad faith....more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Third-Party Bad Faith Is Dead Again!

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Back in June 2016, we reported on a 3-2 Memorandum Decision of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (“WVSCA”) which appeared to be a disguised (and prohibited) third-party bad faith claim under a liability policy. In...more

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Florida 4th DCA Reiterates Insurers Negligence Not Enough to Sustain Bad Faith Claim

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Directs Judgment to be Entered in Favor of Insurer - In GEICO v. Harvey, (Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 4, 2017), Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal held that the trial court erred in denying the insurer’s motion for directed...more

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