Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania March 1, 2000

Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc., 747 A.2d 858 (Pa. 2000)

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 1st day of March, 2000, we GRANT the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal and we LIMIT the appeals to the following issues:

a. Whether the insurer’s payment of the excess verdict precludes insured from maintaining a bad faith action;

b. Whether the trial court properly charged the jury on a breach of contract theory based on the insurer’s bad faith conduct; and,

c. Whether compensatory damages are recoverable in a bad faith action.

Full Case Name: The BIRTH CENTER v. The ST. PAUL COMPANIES, INC., Sharon Dawson-Coates and Al Afonso. Petition of St. Paul Companies, Inc.
Status: Published