Month: July 2013

The American Conference Institute (ACI), will be holding the 25th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation from July 30th to July 31st at the Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel in San Francisco, California. The forum shapes the future of bad …

Alicia Curran, Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Bad Faith Practice, to Present at ACI 25th National Advance Forum on Bad Faith Litigation in San Francisco Read more »

A policyholder’s tort claim for the bad faith refusal to pay a claim was dismissed as a matter of law where a legitimate dispute existed as to coverage liability at the time of the coverage decision by the U.S. District …

In Alabama, Bad Faith Claim Defeated As A Matter Of Law Though Basis For Coverage Denial Was Debatable Read more »

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California recently considered whether the carrier’s late payment of the insureds’ economic damages eliminated a claim for bad faith and held that it does not. Polcyn v. Liberty Mut’l Ins. …

A Claim for Bad Faith is Not Eliminated By A Late Payment of the Insured’s Economic Damages Read more »