The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | March 19, 2020
"We find delay damages on a UIM claim submitted to a jury for a verdict are recoverable," Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Williamson wrote in a March 4 opinion. "To do otherwise, would give insurance companies no incentive to settle UIM claims other than for less than the policy limits, even where, as here, there was potential for a verdict well in excess of policy limits."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | March 19, 2020
The Pennsylvania Superior Court said that, despite "serious reservations" about a prior appeals panel's analysis, it was bound by the panel's ruling to find that an employee is covered under his employer's insurance for an accident that occurred while he was using his own vehicle in the scope of his employment.
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By Zack Needles | March 5, 2020
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is likely going to force insurers in Pennsylvania to change how they underwrite commercial auto policies.
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By Zack Needles | March 5, 2020
James Haggerty of Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer, & Kupersmith in Philadelphia, who argued the appeal on the plaintiff's behalf, said the decision is significant for all post-'Gallagher v. Geico' litigation—of which there has been plenty—because the judge "considered all of the limitations carriers have been trying to impose on 'Gallagher' and rejected them."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | February 27, 2020
In this case, an insurer was tripped up by its own red tape.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | February 13, 2020
Pennsylvania appellate courts continue to wrestle with issues related to stacked uninsured and underinsured motorist benefits.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel E. Cummins | January 30, 2020
The past year was a banner year for the plaintiffs bar in terms of decisions from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court allowing for greater avenues of recovery.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | January 16, 2020
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.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Patrick J. Furlong | January 2, 2020
Insurance carriers can no longer condition payment of medical benefits on completion of an independent medical examination (IME), unless first obtaining a court order requiring the examination, according to a recent decision from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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By Zack Needles | December 12, 2019
A Columbia County trial judge has ruled that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's landmark ruling from earlier this year in Gallagher v. Geico barred insurers from using the household exclusion to block stacked underinsured motorist coverage that had already been paid for, but did not apply in situations where stacking was voluntarily waived by the insureds.
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