Extracontractual and Bad Faith Claims Litigation Committee
Mission Statement
The mission of the Extracontractual and Bad Faith Claims Litigation Committee is to provide the highest level of continuing education specific to the practice area, and promote professionalism and fellowship among both policyholder and insurer attorneys.
2025-2026 Co-Chairs
Contact:extracontandbadfaith @ americancollegecoverage.org
Selected Presentations & Papers:
Posted 5/22/2025
Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms Insurer’s Duty to Initiate Settlement in Florida Bad Faith Case
Posted 4/22/2025
Overview of the Distinct Categories of Bad Faith
Posted 4/11/2025
Michigan Supreme Court holds that a bad faith failure-to-settle claim against an insurer cannot be litigated through a garnishment proceeding in the underlying case but must be brought as a new lawsuit.
Posted 3/17/2025
5th Circuit Shuts Down Insurers Attempt to Obtain a No-Stowers Declaratory Judgment
After an excess judgment was entered against an insured, the insurer filed a federal court declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration that it did not violate the Texas Stowers doctrine. On appeal from such a declaratory judgment, the Fifth Circuit held that the lawsuit was a “misuse of the Declaratory Judgment Act” and that the insurer “cannot invoke the Act to retroactively argue that it never had a duty to begin with.”
Posted 2/11/2025
Fifth Circuit Affirms No Bad Faith Ruling Based on the Lack of an Independent Injury other than the Paid Policy Benefits
For previous articles, please visit the Extracontractual and Bad Faith Committee Article Archive page.
Past Co-Chairs
2024-2025
Mark Boyle
Clay Crawford
2023-2024
Bob Allen
2022-2023
Rick Hammond
Amy Johnson
2021-2022
Robert Allen
Kathy Maus
2020-2021
Robert Allen
Heather Sanderson
2019-2020
David Anderson
Robert Allen
2018-2019
David Anderson
Joyce Wang
2017-2018
Jason Mazer
Joyce Wang
2016-2017
Jason Mazer
Joyce Wang
2015-2016
Jason Mazer
Diane Polscer
2014-2015
Jason Mazer
Diane Polscer
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