Gordon v. Pennsylvania Blue Shield

How courts have described this case

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

• “Nonfeasance alone is not sufficient to raise a claim pursuant to the [Consumer Protection Act].”
• absence of affirmative conduct defeated cause of action against corporation and no claim was asserted on participation theory or against any corporate agent
• “The alleged improper refusal to [pay insurance proceeds] does not constitute actionable misfeasance [but merely nonfeasance]. Nonfeasance alone is not sufficient to raise a claim pursuant to the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1995-06-07· cited 388×
• Romano v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-26· cited 123×
• Gardner v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Third Circuit· 2008-07-22· cited 121×
• Valley Forge Towers South Condominium v. Ron-Ike Foam Insulators, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-01· cited 79×
• Zaloga v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. of America
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2009-11-24· cited 49×
• Tenos v. State Farm Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-17· cited 35×
• Nordi v. Keystone Health Plan West Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-01-22· cited 35×
• King v. Detroit Tool Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-06· cited 30×
• Fay v. Erie Insurance Group
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-12· cited 26×
• Kelly v. Progressive Advanced Insurance
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-02-04· cited 24×
• Parasco v. Pacific Indemnity Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1996-04-04· cited 23×
• Lombardo v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1992-02-27· cited 21×
• MacFarland v. United States Fidelity & Guarantee Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-04-07· cited 21×
• Brownell v. State Farm Mutual Insurance
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1991-01-31· cited 18×
• Perkins v. State Farm Insurance
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-12-16· cited 15×
• Bell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-03· cited 15×
• Zwiercan v. General Motors Corp.
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2002-09-11· cited 12×
• Parasco v. Pacific Indemnity Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-12-08· cited 9×
• White v. Conestoga Title Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-02· cited 7×
• Seidman v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-09-11· cited 6×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pekular v. Eich
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-21· cited 82×
• Raab v. Keystone Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-19· cited 57×
• Cloverleaf Development, Inc. v. Horizon Financial F.A.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-01· cited 52×
• Hardy v. Pennock Insurance Agency, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-22· cited 52×
• First Seneca Bank v. Greenville Distributing Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-04· cited 27×
• J. C. Penney Casualty Insurance v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-06-13· cited 12×