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· 4/17/1996

Doylestown Electrical Supply Co. v. Maryland Casualty Insurance

Citations

  • 942 F. Supp. 1018
  • 1996 WL 180021

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that courts interpreting section 8371 have “consistently entertained multi-count complaints containing both unresolved insurance contract disputes and bad faith claims”
  • noting that courts interpreting section 8371 have \consistently entertained multi-count complaints 8 containing both unresolved insurance contract disputes and bad faith claims\
  • rejecting a vagueness challenge to the term “bad faith” because “Pennsylvania jurisprudence provides sufficient guidance” to enforcement officials
  • so long as claim under insurance policy is ripe for judicial determination, bad faith issue is also ripe
  • “A plaintiff may succeed on its bad faith claim even if it fails on the underlying breach of contract claim.”
  • so long as claim under insurance policy is ripe for judicial determination, bad faith issue is also ripe

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Judges: Padova

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