Case Name: The BIRTH CENTER v. The ST. PAUL COMPANIES, INC., Sharon Dawson-Coates and Al Afonso. Petition of St. Paul Companies, Inc.
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2000-03-01
Citations: 560 Pa. 633
Docket Number: Petition Nos. 0579, 0580, 0581 and 0582 M.D. Alloc. Dkt. 1999
Parties: The BIRTH CENTER v. The ST. PAUL COMPANIES, INC., Sharon Dawson-Coates and Al Afonso. Petition of St. Paul Companies, Inc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 560
Pages: 633–634

Head Matter:
747 A.2d 858
The BIRTH CENTER v. The ST. PAUL COMPANIES, INC., Sharon Dawson-Coates and Al Afonso. Petition of St. Paul Companies, Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 1, 2000.
Thomas P. Wagner, Joshua Bachraeh, Carl D. Buchholz, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

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.