Summary: State Farm issued an uninsured motorist policy to Enrique with a $100,000 limit. Enrique was injured in an auto accident, sought UM benefits and also sought to recover bad faith damages. The bad faith portion of the case was stayed pending resolution of the UM claim which resulted in a jury verdict awarding $260,000….
Summary: State Farm rejected an injured car driver’s $35,000 offer to settle against State Farm’s insured who admitted negligence. The trial resulted in a judgment for nearly $225,000, well above the $100,000 per person limit. The Delaware trial court dismissed the resulting bad faith claim on statute of limitations grounds, relying on an earlier unpublished…
Summary: Plaintiffs sued GEICO alleging it used arbitrary computer “rules” to determine personal injury protection (“PIP”) payments when a Delaware statute required GEICO to pay “reasonable and necessary” PIP benefits. The court initially certified classes to pursue counts for bad faith breach of contract, breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, and…