Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania March 1, 2000

Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc., 560 Pa. 633 (Pa. 2000)

747 A.2d 858; 2000 Pa. LEXIS 520

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.
Cited By: 6 cases
Status: Published