First Circuit – Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith

Massachusetts: Third-Party Claim Handler Made Reasonable, Prompt Efforts to Settle Nursing Home Liability Claim, and Therefore Was Not Liable For $14 M Excess Verdict

By Shauna Martin Ehlert Posted on April 2, 2019 Posted in Bad Faith Tagged with bad faith, duty to settle, First Circuit, Massachusetts, third-party claim-handler liability

On March 18, 2019, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision holding that Sedgwick Claims Management Services made reasonable and prompt efforts to settle a nursing home liability claim, and therefore was not liable for a $14M excess …

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First Circuit Provides Guidance as to When a Notice of Claim Triggers Policy Obligations

By Gregory Hudson Posted on December 14, 2016 Posted in Bad Faith Tagged with bad faith, First Circuit, insurance, pre-suit demand, pre-suit notice letter

When does receipt of a pre-suit claim notice letter trigger an insurance carrier’s obligation to provide a defense and/or indemnity? In Sanders v. Phoenix Insurance Co., the First Circuit provided some guidance to this question, holding that a pre-suit notice …

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Massachusetts: Third-Party Claim Handler Made Reasonable, Prompt Efforts to Settle Nursing Home Liability Claim, and Therefore Was Not Liable For $14 M Excess Verdict

First Circuit Provides Guidance as to When a Notice of Claim Triggers Policy Obligations