In an opinion recommending that summary judgment in favor of the insurer be affirmed pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1925, , the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has ruled that the plaintiff failed to file his bad faith claim within two years of his claims denial, time-barring the claim under the two year statute of limitations.
In Fieldhouse v. Metropolitan Property Ins. Co., 2015 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 396, the Court found that the Plaintiff’s bad faith claim, premised upon the insurer’s cooperation with law enforcement in their investigation of the auto accident which gave rise to the claim, was filed more than two years after the claim was denied.
Fieldhouse v. Metropolitan Property Ins. Co., 2015 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 396
Editor’s Note: The statute of limitations defense aside, it is highly unlikely any Court would find that an insurer’s cooperation with law enforcement in the investigation of an auto accident would constitute bad faith under the Pa. Bad Faith Statute, 42 Pa. C.S. A. §8371.
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