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Date: 05-14-2024
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Case Number: 2:23-cv-05290
Judge: Nusrat Jahan Choudhury
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Nassau County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Craig A. Blumberg
Defendant's Attorney: Vincent John Proto and Brooke A. Taylor
Description: Central Islip, New York, insurance lawyer Craig A. Blumberg represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.
This case was initially filed in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, New York, case number: 608354/2023, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.
Generally, an insurer may be liable for the tort of “bad faith” whenever it: (i) unreasonably denies an insured's claim, (ii) fails to conduct a reasonable investigation, (iii) wrongfully refuses to defend an insured sued by a third-party, (iv) fails to provide an adequate defense to an insured sued by a third-party, ...
Outcome: Settled for an undisclosed sum and dismissed with prejudice.
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