Ihnat v. Pover

WETTICK, J.,

There are between 200 and 500 lawsuits pending in this court involving alleged improper sales practices of insurance companies. Through prior court orders, these cases have been assigned to me. The litigants are represented by more than 20 law firms. Through a series of status conferences, counsel identified 19 common issues of law to be resolved at this time.

*122In this opinion, I consider only the four common issues of law that address plaintiffs’ statutory bad faith claims based on 42 Pa.C.S. §8371:1

“BAD FAITH STATUTE CLAIMS

“Issue 1. Whether 42 Pa.C.S. §8371, governing bad faith…