Discovery in bad faith claims
Subtitle: strategies, common disputes, and emerging issues
Series: PBI -- 2012-7362; PBI (Series) -- 2012-7362.
Publisher: Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, Pa. (5080 Ritter Rd., Mechanicsburg 17055-6903)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Bad faith (Law); Discovery (Law); Insurance law
Table of contents: title: Bad faith and excess verdicts: "The Bermuda Quadrangle"  -- R. Bruce Morrison; title: Attorney-Client privilege and work product doctrine as it applies to bad faith claims --; title: The scope of work product protection in Pennsylvania  -- Ronald P. Schiller; title: Advice of counsel discovery in bad faith cases  -- Lee Applebaum; title: The impact of the claims handler v. Attorney determination on the applicability of Attorney client and work product privilege  -- C. Lawrence Holmes; title: A policyholder's perspective on the discoverability of an insurance company's claim file and abuse of process in coverage litigation  -- Michael Conley; title: A policyholder's perspective on the discoverability of an insurance company's claim file --; title: Abuse of process in coverage litigation --; title: Berg and discovery of post litigation conduct  -- Joanne M. Lytle, Mark D. Villanueva; title: Discovery in insurance coverage litigation: Reinsurance and reserves --; title: Discovery of insurance company information  -- Steven B. Davis, Nancy L. Margolis; title: Seeking information about insurers from the Insurance Department  -- Karl Myers, Caitlin Oberst; title: Obtaining claims, underwriting files and other corporate information for use in bad faith cases -- Nancy L. Margolis, Caitlin Oberst.