Diamon v. Penn Mutual Fire Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating there is an implied promise in insurance contracts that the insurer will exercise reasonable care in investigating a claim, and plaintiff provided no broader societal duty owed, so the duty to reasonably investigate arose solely from insurance contract
• the creation of a cause of action in this Commonwealth for intentional infliction of emotional distress where a breach of contractual duty gave rise to the action
• where an insurer fails to investigate an insured’s elaim with reasonable care and in good faith, the insurer will be estopped from relying upon the statute of limitations clause in the insurance contract to dismiss the insured’s claim
• “The duty of fair dealing under Pennsylvania law requires the insurer to conduct its investigation in a fair and objective manner and to deny insured’s claim only if good cause exists to do so.”
• duty to “exercise reasonable care in investigating a claim” by the insured

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).