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.
2024-2025 Co-Chairs
Contact:extracontandbadfaith @ americancollegecoverage.org
Selected Presentations & Papers:
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
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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