RODGERS v. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO.


344 Pa.Super. 311 (1985)

496 A.2d 811

John L. RODGERS and Delores M. Rodgers, Appellants, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and John F. Lewis.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome H. Ellis, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Bruce W. McCullough, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, BECK and CERCONE, JJ.


WICKERSHAM, Judge:

In this appeal, appellants ask us to consider whether they can recover, in either a trespass or an assumpsit action, damages for emotional distress allegedly caused by the bad faith conduct of their insurer. We hold that, pursuant to D'Ambrosio v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co., 494 Pa. 501, 431 A.2d 966 (1981), appellants are not permitted to recover the...

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