In the recent Western Federal District Court decision of
Wehrenberg v. Metro Prop. & Cas. Ins.
Co., No. 14-1477 (W.D. Pa. Jan. 10, 2017 Hornak, J.), the court reaffirmed
the rule that “‘there can be no bad-faith claim [for a denial of coverage] if
the insurer was correct as a matter of law in denying coverage.’”
Here, where the court had earlier found that
there was no viable breach of insurance contract claim, the court agreed that
there could be no related bad faith claim.
The court also rejected the Plaintiff’s arguments that the
carrier failed to adequately investigate the claims presented.
The court granted summary judgment in favor of the
carrier.
A copy of this decision can be viewed online HERE.
I send thanks to Attorney Lee Applebaum, the writer of the
Pennsylvania New Jersey Insurance Bad Faith Case Law Blog and member of the
Philadelphia law firm of Fineman Krekstein & Harris, for bringing this case
to my attention.
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