Legal Opinion
Wolfe v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 12, 2015No. 12-4450PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
In this insurance dispute between appellant Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (“Allstate”) and appellee Jared Wolfe, we are presented with the question of whether punitive damages awarded against an insured in a personal injury suit are recoverable in a later breach of contract or bad faith suit against the insurer. It is Pennsylvania’s public policy that insurers cannot insure against punitive damages, and we therefore predict that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will answer that question in the negative.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Underlying Personal Injury Lawsuit
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