Extracontractual and Bad Faith Claims Litigation Committee
Mission Statement The mission of the Extracontractual and Bad Faith Claims Litigation Committee is to provide the highest level of continuing education specific to the practice area, and promote professionalism and fellowship among both policyholder and insurer attorneys.
2024-2025 Co-Chairs
Contact:extracontandbadfaith @ americancollegecoverage.org
Selected Presentations & Papers:
Posted 11/7/2024 Florida: Insurer Must Fully Cover $1.17M Crash Award on $25K policy
Posted 10/25/24 The Fine Line Between Delay and Bad Faith: Insights from the Fifth Circuit Applying Louisiana Law
Posted 8/29/2024 11th Circuit Applying GA Law Holds Insurer Liable for Consent Judgment After Refusal to Defend
Posted 8/27/2024 Ninth Circuit Holds that Conditional Release does not Constitute Bad Faith Court holds that inclusion of an optional release was not used to leverage a settlement. As such, insurer did not violate Montana UTPA and did not act in bad faith.
Posted 8/23/2024 Mike Aylward Analyzes the New Restatement Provisions on First Party Bad Faith
Posted 7/25/2024 California Supreme Court Applies Four-Year Statute of Limitations to Suit Attacking General Claims Handling
Posted 6/28/2024 Federal Court holds that a demand for “payment of all policy limits of any and all insurance contracts” does not invoke the Stowers Doctrine Law 360 Article | Opinion
Posted 5/15/2024 New Duties for Insurers and Insureds Under Louisiana Overhaul of Bad Faith Statutes
Posted 5/15/2024 Liability for Economic Harm, Chapter 3, Interference with Economic Interests (Restate Torts Tentative Draft, No. 3, Miscellaneous Provisions). Current draft on bad faith starts at page 383.
Posted 5/15/2024 50 state survey regarding consent judgments published by DRI.
Posted 2/5/2024 Oregon Landmark Decision Opens Door to Bad Faith Litigation
Posted 1/16/2024 LA Supreme Court Clarifies Contract Controls Prescriptive Period for First-Party Bad Faith Claims
Posted 1/10/2024 Oregon Supreme Court Allows Emotional Distress Based on Alleged Bad Faith
Posted 1/9/2024 Ohio Supreme Court holds that Restatement Choice of Law Provision for Torts (and not Insurance Contracts) Applies to Bad Faith Claim
Very important in the context of whether the attorney-client privilege applies to claims file materials.
For previous articles, please visit the Extracontractual and Bad Faith Committee Article Archive page.
Past Co-Chairs
2023-2024 Bob Allen
2022-2023 Rick Hammond Amy Johnson
2021-2022 Robert Allen Kathy Maus
2020-2021 Robert Allen Heather Sanderson
2019-2020 David Anderson Robert Allen
2018-2019 David Anderson Joyce Wang
2017-2018 Jason Mazer Joyce Wang
2016-2017 Jason Mazer Joyce Wang
2015-2016 Jason Mazer Diane Polscer
2014-2015 Jason Mazer Diane Polscer
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