Legal Opinion
Coyne v. Allstate Insurance
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 6, 1991No. 91-3574PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LUDWIG, J.
In this action on a homeowner’s insurance policy, defendant Allstate Insurance Company is alleged, in count two, to have acted in bad faith in denying coverage for plaintiff’s property damage claim. 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 8371. 1 Defendant moves to dismiss this count, asserting that § 8371 cannot be applied retroactively, is unconstitutionally vague, and violates due process of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). 2 Jurisdiction is diversity. 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
I
The following facts are undisputed:
Effective June 9, 1990 plaintiff Karen Coyne acquired an Allstate “Deluxe Homeowner's Policy.”…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Smith v. GoguenSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Terletsky v. Prudential Property & Casualty InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- The Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Co., Inc., in No. 98-7552 v. The Travelers Insurance Company (d.c. Civ. No. 98-Cv-00643) the Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Co., Inc., in No. 98-7553 v. United States Fire Insurance Company (d.c. Civ. No. 98-Cv-00758)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Pickett v. Lloyd'sSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
- 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
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