Representative Cases: Insurance Disputes / Abuse Cases

Insurance Disputes / Abuse

• Insurance Bad Faith Pre-Trial Settlement (Altoona, Blair County)
  Settlement obtained for a client who was injured in a car wreck caused by an underinsured motorist. After recovering the limits of insurance coverage from the other driver, a claim was made to our client's own automobile coverage for additional benefits. When his company unreasonably delayed full and fair payment of coverage purchased by our client, additional monetary damages were recovered against our client's insurer for bad faith in mishandling and delaying his claim.
  
  
• Insurance Bad Faith Settlement for Non-Payment of Medical Benefits (Altoona, Blair County)
  Settlement during litigation in a bad faith claim. Our client's insurance company tried to stop paying medical benefits coverage purchased by our client, the insured. In addition to past and future medical expenses, the recovery included punitive damages, interest, attorneys' fees and costs of litigation.
  
  
• Fire Loss and Insurance Bad Faith (Clearfield, Clearfield County)
  The homeowners' insurance company for our clients tried to avoid paying damages for fire losses by blaming members of the family for causing the fire. Investigation revealed that the insurance company targeted our clients and failed to properly investigate other causes, including an electrical problem, resulting in the recovery of the fire loss damages as well as punitive damages.
  
  
• Bad Faith Insurance Claim (Altoona, Blair County)
  Insurance company refused to pay dental expenses following injuries to mouth and teeth suffered in auto accident. Case settled after lawsuit filed.
  
  
• Fire - mold growth (Duncansville, Blair County)
  Family home restored with vintage antiques destroyed by fire. Insurance company refused to recognize the value of many items, and the damage caused by mold growth created by the water used to put out the fire. Case settled.
  
  
• Building collapse (Altoona, Blair County)
  Prefabricated warehouse building collapsed under weight of snow. Insurance company for owner of the warehouse denied coverage. Suit filed against builder, manufacturer and insurance company. Case settled before trial.
  
  
• Insurance refused to pay benefits for young woman left in comatose state as a result of auto collision, and being cared for at home by parents. (Altoona, Blair County)  Case settled with benefits and additional damages paid by insurance company.
  
  
• Insurance company refused to pay benefits to young man left a paraplegic as a result of an auto collision.  (Altoona, Blair County) Case settled before trial.
  
  
• Insurance company refused to pay benefits to its insured following his involvement in motor vehicle collision.  Law suit filed.  Case settled before trial.  (Duncansville, Blair County)

In addition to insurance bad faith and insurance abuse, we have handled many other types of cases including car accidents, mototrcycle wrecks, truck collisions, animal bites, workers compensation, clergy abuse, slip and fall accidents, wrongful death and many more.

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Contact our Altoona bad faith insurance law office to talk to a Pennsylvania insurance abuse attorney. Personal injury cases are always handled on a contingency fee basis. This means you will not be charged attorneys' fees unless we have recovered money damages for you.  We offer home and hospital visits if you are not able to come to our Blair County office.