When it comes to insurance, especially issues of bad faith, timing is of the essence. And when it comes to confusing legal issues, such as sorting out the specifics involving timing, the courts are responsible for clearing the confusion. But when the courts can't reach a consensus, the lawyers are often left with a crapshoot in the courtroom. Such has been the case with the issue surrounding the statute of limitations for Pennsylvania's bad faith statute.
August 30, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
“The fact that [a bad faith claim] is a hybrid and that it doesn’t fitneatly into the other statutes — tort or contract — makes it aperfect candidate for the catchall six-year-statute,” plaintiff’slawyer Joseph Roda said.
When it comes to insurance, especially issues of bad faith, timing isof the essence.
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