Posts tagged underinsured

• Pennsylvania Federal District Court Decides Important Underinsured Motorist Stacking Issue

  Scott Cooper | May 22, 2012 7:24 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Glazer v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., NO. 3:10-cv-1366 (M.D. Pa. May 17, 2012) Judge Caputo in the Middle District of Pennsylvania held last week that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court...

• Underinsured Motorists Adjusters Keen to "Several" Liability in Pennsylvania

  Joe Chapman | August 12, 2011 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Pennsylvania's drastic changes to joint and several liability this summer are coming home to roost in ways the legislature never expected. I had a conversation with an adjuster on an auto case...

• Bad Faith Issues In Jointly Filed Third Party And PIP Claim

  Scott Cooper | May 30, 2012 7:47 AM | 1 CommentHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Court Rules On Bad Faith Issues In Jointly Filed Third Party And PIP Claim Against Tortfeasor’s Insurer In Platt v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., NO. 11-4067 ( E.D. Pa. May 22,...

• New Waiver Required When Initial Rejection Of Stacking Form is Followed By Outright Rejection

  Scott Cooper | August 01, 2011 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Zerr, No. 10-4199 (E.D. Pa. July 26, 2011) the District Court addressed the issue of whether a new rejection of stacking form is required when an insured who...

• Ruling On Timeliness Of Motion To Dismiss In Underinsured Motorist Case

  Scott Cooper | February 14, 2012 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The memorandum opinion from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Purcell v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., NO. 11-7004 (E.D. Pa.) from February...

• State Farm Motion To Sever And Stay UIM/Bad Faith Combined Case Denied

  Scott Cooper | September 30, 2011 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On September 29, 2011 the federal court in Craker v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., No. 11-0225 (W.D. Pa. Lancaster C.J.) denied State Farm's motion to sever and stay a case arising out of an...

• Discovery Of Adjuster's Deposition and Evaluation Of Underinsured Motorist Claim Allowed

  Scott Cooper | July 19, 2011 7:26 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently, the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in Welcomer v. Donegal, NO. 2011 CV 474 (Lewis J. June 27, 2011) addressed an issue involving the discovery of an insurance...

• Pennsylvania - Who Pays Your Medical Bills When You Are Injured In A Work Accident?

  Scott Cooper | February 17, 2012 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The first question to ask is, “what is a work injury”? This can be defined as a medical condition caused by or aggravated by work. This can be a specific accident or...

• Adjuster Manuals Ordered Produced In Bad Faith Case

  Scott Cooper | November 23, 2011 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently, the federal District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania addressed an evolving discovery issue in an insurance bad faith case. Platt v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., NO....

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Workers Compensation Auto Exclusion

  Scott Cooper | October 20, 2011 7:50 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  How does your state treat insurance policy exclusions which state that a personal cannot obtain uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage if they are injured in a car accident and receive workers...