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HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES v. CIGNA

No. GD 95-2956.

41 Pa. D. & C. 4th 148 (1998)

Hospital Shared Services v. CIGNA Insurance Co.

Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Fienberg, for plaintiff.

Daniel F. LaCava and Henry M. Perlowski, for defendant CIGNA Insurance Company.

Mary Ann DiIanni, for defendant Meyer & Eckenrode Insurance Group Inc.

WETTICK, J., November 16, 1998.

The subject of this opinion and order of court is plaintiff's motion for leave to amend complaint. The issue raised through this motion is whether statutory bad faith claims based on 42 Pa.C.S. §8371 are governed by the two-year limitation period governing torts (42 Pa.C.S. §5524(7)) or the six-year "catchall" limitation period (42 Pa.C.S. §5527). The Pennsylvania appellate courts have not addressed this issue...

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