Weigle v. Motors Insurance

COFFROTH, P.J.,

—This case is here on defendants’ preliminary objections to count 3 of the complaint in assumpsit for breach of express and implied covenants of a vehicle collision and upset insurance policy, consisting of a demurrer for failure to state a cause of action and an alternative motion to strike the averments of bad faith on the ground of insufficiency, and on objections to count 4 of the complaint in trespass consisting of a demurrer and an alternative motion to strike the claim for punitive damages.

The prime issues in the case are: (1) the nature and extent of an insurer’s…