Johnson v. Progressive Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “bad faith is not present merely because an insurer makes a low but reasonable estimate of an insured’s damages”
• stating that “[t]he underlying facts involve nothing more than a normal dispute between an insured and insurer over the value of an UIM claim ... [a] routin[e] [scenario] in the processing of an insurance claim.”
• noting that where there. is only a dispute as to the measure of damages in a first party claim, .a low, but reasonable valuation, will not-support .a claim of bad faith
• finding no bad faith where an insurer offered fifty percent of the ultimate arbitration award, which was not itself an act of bad faith, and then continued to litigate the issue of how much money it owed
• \The underlying facts involve nothing more than a normal dispute between an insured and insurer over the value of an [underinsured motorist] claim. The scenario under consideration occurs routinely in the processing of an insurance claim.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Grossi v. Travelers Personal Insurance Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-01· cited 66×
• McDonough v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-02-07· cited 22×
• Jones v. Unitrin Auto & Home Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-06· cited 18×
• Lexington Insurance v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-06· cited 15×
• Dougherty v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-05-05· cited 11×
• Kump v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2014-04-28· cited 2×
• Webber v. Erie Insurance Exchange
  Northampton County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-11-14
• Brogan v. Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-01-31
• Sharp v. Travelers Personal Security Insurance
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-03-07
• Richard A. Papa & Associates P.C. v. Highmark Blue Shield
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-08-03

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Atcovitz v. Gulph Mills Tennis Club, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-20· cited 214×
• O'Donnell Ex Rel. Mitro v. Allstate Insurance Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-30· cited 160×
• Condio v. Erie Insurance Exchange
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-04-25· cited 150×
• Hollock v. Erie Insurance Exchange
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-01-22· cited 138×
• Romano v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-26· cited 123×
• Brown v. Progressive Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-08· cited 115×
• Stimmler v. Chestnut Hill Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-09-30· cited 70×