Legal Opinion
McAndrew v. Donegal Mutual Insurance
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Decided May 17, 2002No. 99-CV-1761PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEALON, J.,
In this first-party bad faith litigation, defendant, Donegal Mutual Insurance Company, has submitted 2,577 documents for an in-camera review to determine whether certain materials are immune from discovery by virtue of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. Since a bad faith claimant must prove an insurer’s state of mind in denying a claim, those documents pertaining to Donegal’s bases for denying plaintiff’s first-party benefits claim are not protected from discovery under Pa.R.C.P. 4003.3. Additionally, inasmuch as Donegal has asserted an “advice of counsel”…
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