Cases
Significant Representative Matters: Defended insurer in bad faith
breach of contract suit based on commercial insurance policy
claim that co-insurance penalty provision should not apply to large warehouse fire claim. Obtained dismissal of bad faith count
claim for punitive damages at the close of plaintiff's case in trial in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Defended insurer in bad faith
breach of contract suit based on commercial insurance policy claim for flood damage to electrical products. Obtained summary judgment on both the bad faith
breach of contract claim.
Defended insurer on breach of contract
bad faith claim arising under a commercial insurance policy. Obtained affirmation from Third Circuit Court of Appeals of trial court's dismissal of both the bad faith
breach of contract claims.
Defended insurer on commercial insurance policy claim for property damage
bad faith. At end of trial, obtained a defense verdict on both the bad faith
property damage claim. Successful Pennsylvania Superior Court appeals on various insurance coverage issues.
Successful Texas Supreme Court appeal regarding improper service of process.
Published Works: Growth of Mold Litigation & Insurance Agent Liability, Co-Author with Philip B. Toran, Agents of America, eBook Chapter, January 2010
Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege in First Party Cases, seminar material for Insurance Bad Faith Claims, January 30, 2008
Experts In Bad Faith Cases, seminar material for Insurance Bad Faith Claims, January 30, 2008
Superior Court Limits Expert Testimony In Insurance Bad Faith Cases, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, May 29, 2000
Expert Testimony in Insurance Bad Faith Cases Limited, Defense Digest, Apr. Vol. 6, No. 2, 2000
Doctor's Negligent Exposure of his Sexual Perversion to Patient Does Not Constitute Professional Health Care Services & Not Covered by Professional Liability Policy, Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1999
Appraising Loss Under Homeowners Insurance Policies, (co-author with Howard P. Dwoskin, Esq.), For The Defense, April 1999
Limiting the Exhaustion of Limits Clause, Defense Digest, August 1995
