Thursday, October 3, 2019

Judgment in Favor of Carrier on Bad Faith Claim Affirmed



In the non-precedential decision of the Pennsylvania Superior Court in the case of Lewis v. Erie Insurance Exchange, 2115 EDA 2018 (Pa. Super. Aug. 21, 2019), the Court affirmed a trial court's dismissal of a bad faith claim relative to the purchase of automobile insurance coverage.

In one issue of note, the Superior Court affirmed the trial court's ruling that precluded the Plaintiff from utilizing an insurance agent as an expert at trial.

The Opinion is also notable for the Court's handling of the word limit Rule for appellate Briefs and confirms that the Court apparently does keep an eye out for violations of the same.

In this case where the Appellant raised 11 issues, the Pennsylvania Superior Court also turned to its oft-repeated advice for appellate litigants to only raise their strongest issues as "[a] brief that raises every colorable issue runs the risk of burying good arguments[.]  Lewis citing Com. v. Showers, 782 A.2d 1010, 1015-1016 (Pa. Super. 2001)[other citations omitted].

Anyone wishing to review this non-precedential decision may click this LINK.

I send thanks to Attorney Robert J. Cahall of the Wilmington, DE office of McCormick & Priore for bringing this case to my attention.

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