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Richard L. McMonigle, Jr. is a Principal and Chair of the Firm's Insurance Law Department. He advises national clients on significant insurance coverage and claims compliance matters, and defends individual and class action cases involving complex coverage issues, alleged bad faith, policyholder fraud, and life, health, and disability claims.
In addition to representing his clients in litigation, Mr. McMonigle provides counsel and training to insurance and benefit plan professionals on coverage interpretation and claims handling procedures. He is the author of the only treatise on bad faith law in Pennsylvania, Insurance Bad Faith in Pennsylvania, now in its 19th edition, as well as Insurance Bad Faith in New Jersey, now in its 4th edition, both published by American Lawyer Media (ALM).
Mr. McMonigle lectures nationally, and has authored numerous published articles on insurance coverage, bad faith, policyholder fraud, and life, health and disability issues. His reputation has led to his being retained as a private mediator and legal consultant in insurance/bad faith matters.
A former prosecutor in Philadelphia and Delaware County (PA), Mr. McMonigle has tried to verdict as lead counsel over 50 major jury and scores of non-jury matters in the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He is also an experienced appellate attorney, having authored briefs and presented oral argument before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. McMonigle served as law clerk to the Honorable Daniel L. Herrmann, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware.
From 2006 through 2015, Mr. McMonigle served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Villanova University School of Law, teaching Trial Advocacy. From 2005 through 2018, he was recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by his peers as published by Thomson Reuters and Philadelphia Magazine in the area of Insurance Law. In 2012 and 2013 he was also listed in Super Lawyers Business Edition.
The Best Lawyers in America©, a national peer-review publication, selected Mr. McMonigle for inclusion in its 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2019 Editions in the area of Insurance Law. For information about these selections and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and lists methodologies, click here.
Stanford v. Nat'l Grange Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155323 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 3, 2014) (summary judgment obtained in favor of motor vehicle insurer on breach of contract and bad faith actions under Pennsylvania and Delaware law based upon insurer’s reasonable handling of UIM claim).
Kelly v. National Liability & Fire Ins. Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68959 (E.D. Pa. July 9, 2010), affirmed, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 19025 (3d Cir., September 12, 2011)(summary judgment and successful appeal in favor of business auto liability insurer on breach of contract and bad faith claims based upon contractual definition of named insured).
Bariski v. Reassure Am. Life Ins. Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72459 (M.D. Pa., July 6, 2011) (summary judgment in favor of life insurer, dismissing bad faith claim on statute of limitations grounds).
NVR, Inc. v. National Indemnity Company, 2010 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2336, 2010 WL 358163 (Super. Ct. Middlesex County, July 30, 2010) (trial verdict in favor of commercial liability insurer based upon application of policy subcontractor exclusion and the insured's failure to cooperate).
Dubrosky v. Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co., 129 Fed. Appx. 691 (3d Cir. 2005) (winning motion and appeal upholding insurer's termination of agent's right to commissions due to unfair competition).
Adams v. Reassure America Life Insurance Company, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5433 (M.D. Pa. 2003) (successful action to rescind disability policy based on known loss doctrine and misrepresentation in application).
Alexander v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4498 and 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4495 (M.D. Pa. 2003) (summary judgment granted in favor of insurer, dismissing bad faith and contract claim).
Delosky v. Penn State Geisinger Health Plan, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17188 (M.D. Pa. 2002) (summary judgment in favor of medical health plan based upon exclusion for coverage under plan language).
Snook v. Penn State Geisinger Health Plan, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25036 (M.D. Pa. 2001), recon. denied, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25695 (M.D. Pa. 2002) (successful action establishing that ERISA governmental plan exemption did not apply to medical health plan affiliated with state university).
Financial Systems Software v. Financial Software Systems, 85 F. Supp. 2d 482 (E.D. Pa. 1999), affirmed, 261 F. 3d 491 (3d Cir. 2001) (successful action and appeal in favor of computer software company in trademark infringement case).
Laucks v. Provident Companies, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22857 (M.D. Pa. 1999) (winning ERISA trial verdict and successful appeal in favor of insurer, against healthcare professional claiming total disability based upon addiction to controlled substances).
Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Nissenbaum, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18576 (E.D.Pa. 1998) (protective order granted in favor of insurer in bad faith case based upon attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine).
Doe v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20770 (E.D. Pa. 1997) (opinion granting motions to exclude at trial evidence regarding insurer’s prior claims handling, other lawsuits, company finances, marketing and business practices).
Ballard v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9073 (E.D. Pa. 1995) (jury verdict in favor of insurer in property insurance fraud and alleged bad faith case; post-trial motions denied).
Asplundh Tree Expert Company v. Pacific Employers Ins. Co., 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19171 (E.D. Pa. 1992) (successful verdict in favor of excess insurer on coverage issue concerning defense costs; bad faith dismissed).
Carlson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1488 (E.D. Pa. 1992) (summary judgment in favor of homeowner’s insurer based upon policy exclusion for water damage caused by flooding).
Kaufman v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company, 828 F. Supp. 275 (D.N.J. 1992), affirmed, 993 F. 2d 877 (3d Cir. 1993) (summary judgment in favor of insurer based upon dual occupation clause in disability policy).
Co-author, Course Materials: "Recent Developments, Insurance Bad Faith in Pennsylvania," PA Bar Institute Litigating the Insurance Bad Faith Claim Seminar (December 2017).
Co-author, Course Materials: "Recent Developments, Insurance Bad Faith in Pennsylvania," PA Bar Institute Litigating the Insurance Bad Faith Claim Seminar (December 2015).
Panelist, “Litigating the Insurance Bad Faith Claim,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (December 2015).

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