Hudock v. Donegal Mutual Insurance

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• while insurance adjuster had a duty to his principal, the insurance company, to perform whatever tasks assigned to him, such duty did not serve to create a contractual obligation between the adjuster and the insured
• order which sustains preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer without explicitly terminating the action is final and appealable if it effectively terminates action
• under Pennsylvania law, contractual privity exists between the insurer and the insured; there is no privity between a related party and the insured in the absence of a separate contract
• “a preliminary objection in the nature of a motion to strike off impertinent matter... would appear to be the appropriate means through which to challenge an erroneous prayer for damages”
• “The [claims] adjusters had a duty to their principals, the insurance companies . . . but this duty did not serve to create a contractual obligation between the adjusters and the [policyholder].”
• order sustaining preliminary objections and effectively terminating action is final and appealable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).