Legal Opinion
Woody v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 23, 1997No. Civil Action 96-8183PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
Defendants State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (hereinafter, “State Farm”) have filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, pursuant to Rule 12(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, contending that plaintiff Sylvester Woody’s (‘Woody”) action is time-barred. The issue before me is whether under Pennsylvania law an action for bad faith under 42 Pa.C.SA. § 8371 brought by an insured against an insurer is subject to the two (2) year statute of limitations under 42 Pa.C.SA § 5524 or the six (6)…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Monumental Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Creeger Brick & Building Supply Inc. v. Mid-State Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Romano v. Nationwide Mutual Fire InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Regina Polselli Rudolph T. Polselli, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- D'AMBROSIO v. Pa. Nat. Mut. Cas. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ash v. Continental InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Adamski v. Allstate Insurance Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Kosierowski v. Allstate InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
- Mishoe v. Erie InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Dennis Haugh v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
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