Date: 07-03-2024

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Susan and Craig May v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Case Number: 5:23-cv-04979

Judge: Elizabeth T. Hey

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)

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Defendant's Attorney: Ralph Anthony Michetti

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on bad faith breach of contract theories.

The courts have generally defined the term “bad faith” as referring to a “frivolous and unfounded” refusal to pay policy proceeds, involving “conduct which imports a dishonest purpose” and involves the breach of the insurer's known duty of good faith and fair dealing through “some motive of self-interest or ill will.

Outcome: Settled for an undisclosed sum and dismissed with prejudice.

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