Murdock v. Unum Provident Corp.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

CINDRICH, District Judge.

Plaintiff was an executive at Allegheny General Hospital (“AGH”). In connection with AGH’s Executive Flex benefit plan, plaintiff purchased a disability insurance policy from defendants. Ms. Murdock applied for benefits under the policy in 1999 and defendants denied her claim. This litigation, in which plaintiff sued under state law for breach of contract and bad faith denial of coverage pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8371, followed.

Pending is defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 17). Defendants argue that plaintiffs state law claims are…