Legal Opinion
Regina Polselli Rudolph T. Polselli, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 10, 1994No. 93-1499PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
Regina Polselli brought a diversity action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleging, inter alia, bad faith on the part of the insurer, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Nationwide), in its handling of her fire loss claim. Following a bench trial, the district court concluded that Nationwide did act in bad faith and awarded Polselli $90,000 in punitive damages pursuant to Pennsylvania’s bad faith statute, 42 Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. § 8371 (Supp.1993). 1 Nationwide filed a motion for reconsideration, which…
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- Cowden v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Baber v. Commission on Retirement, Removal and DisciplineSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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