Pa. High Court Asked To Decide If Reversal Of $21M Bad Faith Judgment Was Proper

Mealey's (November 26, 2019, 4:51 PM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — Parties in an insurance bad faith lawsuit recently asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to determine whether a divided state appellate panel abused its discretion in overturning a $21 million judgment in an insurance bad faith lawsuit when it ruled that an automobile insurance provider had no duty to verify the safety of an automobile damaged in an accident after it chose to repair the automobile instead of declaring it a structural total loss (Daniel Berg v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., No. 22 MAP 2019, Pa. Sup.)....