Baum v. Allstate Insurance

McDevitt, P. J.,

— Plaintiff brought this action in assumpsit against Allstate Insurance Company, alleging essentially that, because of the reliance by plaintiff on certain representations and promises made to plaintiff by defendant’s agents, defendant is indebted to plaintiff in a sum equal to a fair and reasonable settlement of plaintiff’s personal injury claim. Essentially, plaintiff relies upon general contract principles and Restatement, Contracts §90, and the Pennsylvania cases applying that section.

The facts on which this claim is based and which are pleaded in the complaint in…