Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc.

747 A.2d 858

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided March 1, 2000·No. Petition Nos. 0579, 0580, 0581 and 0582 M.D. Alloc. Dkt. 1999·Published

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 1st day of March, 2000, we GRANT the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal and we LIMIT the appeals to the following issues:

a. Whether the insurer’s payment of the excess verdict precludes insured from maintaining a bad faith action;

b. Whether the trial court properly charged the jury on a breach of contract theory based on the insurer’s bad faith conduct; and,

c. Whether compensatory damages are recoverable in a bad faith action.

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ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 1st day of March, 2000, we GRANT the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal and we LIMIT the appeals to the following issues:

a. Whether the insurer’s payment of the excess verdict precludes insured from maintaining a bad faith action;

b. Whether the trial court properly charged the jury on a breach of contract theory based on the insurer’s bad faith conduct; and,

c. Whether compensatory damages are recoverable in a bad faith action.

Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc., 747 A.2d 858 (Pa. 2000).

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