Legal Opinion
United States Fire Insurance Company v. Royal Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 13, 1985No. 84-1379PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This is a case of considerable importance because of the questions it poses with respect to the operations of the liability insurance industry of this country. It explores for the first time by this court the question of the duty owed by a primary insurance carrier under Pennsylvania law to an excess carrier. It also raises the question of whether the primary carrier acted in bad faith by refusing to tender its policy limits in an attempt to achieve a settlement when a “high-low” settlement approved by both was reached; where both the primary and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Gedeon v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Gray v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Cowden v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Terletsky v. Prudential Property & Casualty InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Cindy Keefe v. Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Regina Polselli Rudolph T. Polselli, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- W v. Realty Inc. New Montage Manor, Inc. v. Northern Insurance Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Porter v. HornDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2003
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