The Pennsylvania Superior Court has reinforced the idea that a plaintiff’s recoveries in separate cases can constitute an unlawful double recovery even if the parties in the two matters were not joint tortfeasors.
In a Jan. 14 memorandum opinion, a three-judge panel unanimously ruled to vacate an Allegheny County judge’s $70,000 judgment in favor of two homeowners and against their insurer, State Farm, and FireDEX, the contractor the insurer brought in to fix damage caused during a remodeling project.
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