Statutory Bad Faith Claim Survives Dismissal Bid In Homeowners Insurance Dispute

Mealey's (August 26, 2019, 12:57 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Aug. 13 ruled that although insureds have failed to sufficiently state a majority of their claims against an insurer in a homeowners insurance dispute, one of the insureds has properly established a “prima facie case of statutory bad faith” (Mary T. Neri, et al. v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., No. 19-0355, E.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36820)....