Legal Opinion
Padilla v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 8, 2014No. Civil Action No. 14-cv-2102PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
STENGEL, District Judge.
An injured driver brings this diversity action against her automobile insurer based on a partial denial of her underin-sured motorist benefits. She asserts a breach of contract claim along with a bad faith claim under Pennsylvania law. The insurer moves to dismiss the bad faith claim under Rule 12(b)(6). I will deny this motion and allow the claim to proceed to discovery.
I. BACKGROUND
On September 20, 2011 at around 1:15 p.m., Yolanda Mateo-Placido’s car struck the front driver’s side of Plaintiff Esther Padilla’s car as she proceeded through-the intersection…
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