Public Adjustors: Loss Payees or Assignees -- An Analysis of Their Right to Recover Bad Faith Damages Against an Insurer
Rick L. Hammond
TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND LAW AND ARGUMENT CONCLUSION BACKGROUND Back The terms of most property pol.
Insurer's Wrongful Failure to Defend Gives Rise to Breach of Contract Action
Steven E. Leder of Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP
In Mesmer v. MAIF, No. 50 Sept. Term, 1966 (filed 3/11/99) Maryland's highest court held that an insurer's refusal .
Insurance Company Liability for Bad Faith in Pennsylvania: Plaintiff's Perspective
Alexander J. Jamiolkowski of Alexander J. Jamiolkowski
Bad Faith The idea that a person could sue his insurance company for its misdeeds in handling claims under a .
Failure To Disclose Policy Limits Exposes Liability Carrier To An Excess Judgment, Even Without A Policy Limits Demand
This article discusses the Boicourt v. Amex Assurance Company decision whereby the California Court of Appeal held that an insurer had a duty to contact the policyholder to ask permission to reveal the policy limits to a third party in advance of filing a lawsuit.
Recent Insurance Case Law in Texas
Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, P.C.
A. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES BAD FAITH: 1. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. .
Duty of Good Faith Further Limited by Texas Supreme Court
Greenberg Peden P.C.
The Texas Supreme Court has further limited the "duty of good faith and fair dealing", ruling in a per curiam opinion issued October 18, 1996 that an insurer does not owe its insured a duty to investigate and defend claims against the insured by a third party.
Professional Liability Insurance: Liability For Bad Faith Refusal To Settle
Gaines, Wolter & Kinney, P.C.
Evans v. Mutual Assurance, Inc., 7 ALW 35-10 (1970786), 1999 WL 7026 (Alabama Supreme Court, January 8, 1999): Owen.
Insurance Bad Faith and Related Topics
Sanford Thompson
Bad faith is a hybrid tort similar to, yet different and distinct from, an action for breach of contract.
Obligations of Insurance Companies When Handling Claims
Furtado Jaspovice & Simons LC
When a policyholder files a claim under his or her own insurance policy, the insurer has certain obligations to the insured and has a duty to act with good faith in handling that claim. This is a very different situation from when a person files a personal injury lawsuit and there is an insurance company for the defendant involved.
Bad Faith Insurance Claims
Michael L. Weiner of Yaeger, Jungbauer & Barczak, PLC
The term "bad faith" is an unfortunate misnomer that is probably responsible for more confusion than understanding among the bench and bar.
Michigan Insurance Update
Pepper Hamilton LLP
This newsletter updates readers with the state of the law in Michigan relating to insurance issues.