Third-Party Bad Faith Claim Against Auto Insurer Cannot Survive

(April 25, 2018, 8:50 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge on April 23 dismissed a third-party bad faith claim alleged against the auto insurer of a first-party insured and a third-party insured after determining that pursuant to Pennsylvania law, the first-party insured can file only a first-party bad faith claim against the insurer and not a third-party bad faith claim (Anthony Vella v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., No. 17-1900, M.D. Pa., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67419)....

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