Author: Greg Delfiner

Greg A. Delfiner is a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Group in our Litigation Department, which he joined in 2005. He concentrates his practice in the area of complex litigation, including class actions and insurance coverage defense, representing and counseling clients and insurance companies regarding complex insurance coverage issues and disputes concerning asbestos-related/mass tort, product liability, construction defect, professional liability and bad faith claims.

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A federal trial court in Iowa confirmed that first-party bad faith claims may be cognizable against both insurers and self-insured employers.  In Spencer v. Annett Holdings, Inc., 905 F.Supp.2d 953 (S.D. Iowa, Nov. 27, 2012), an over-the-road truck driver who …

Bad Faith Claims Permitted Against Self-Insured Employers In Iowa – “Fairly Debatable” Defense Precludes Finding This Time Read more »

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In Merrill v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 2013 WL 588515 (W.D.Pa., Feb 13, 2013), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissed the insured’s common law bad faith claim because it was based solely on …

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