BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dd42fcfffd0e7b1d09323d3dbd50f8a643 CATEGORIES:Presented by ACCC SUMMARY:An ACCC Dialogue: Latest Developments in Extracontractual Law: Top Courts in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida Address Bad Faith Issues DESCRIPTION:
1) Minnesota: Peterson v. Western Nat’l. Mut. Ins. Co. (July 29, 2020): Minnesota Supreme Court, holding, 5-2, that an UIM insurer committed bad f aith in denying an insured’s claim and in so doing analyzed the prongs of t he Minnesota first-party bad faith statute. (Stacy Broman)
2) Pennsyl vania: Berg v. Nationwi de Mut. Ins. Co. (August 25, 2020): Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirms reversal of a $21 million bad faith award. (Mike Hamilton)
3 ) Georgia: Whiteside v. GEICO (September 28, 2020): 11th Circuit certifies 3 questions to the Georgia Supreme Court involving a $2.7 million award for failing to ac cept a $30,000 policy limit settlement demand. (John Bonnie)
4) Flori da: Aldana v. Progressiv e Am. Ins. Co. (October 1, 2020): 11th Circuit, app lying Florida law, reviving a $50 million bad faith suit on the basis that sufficient evidence existed that the insurer failed in bad faith to settle the family’s claims. (Meghan Moore)
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