CLEMENS v. NEW YORK CENT. MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

No. 17-3150.

903 F.3d 396 (2018)

Bernie CLEMENS; Nicole Clemens, Appellants v. NEW YORK CENTRAL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, And/Or NYCM Insurance Group And/Or NYCM Holdings, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: September 12, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Haggerty , Haggerty Goldberg Schleifer & Kupersmith, 1835 Market Street, Suite 2700, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Michael R. Mey , Mey & Sulla, 1144 East Drinker Street, Dunmore, PA 18512, Michael J. Pisanchyn , Pisanchyn Law Firm, 524 Spruce Street, Scranton, PA 18503, Counsel for Appellants.

Charles E. Haddick, Jr. , Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, 425 North 21st Street, Plaza 21, Suite 302, Camp Hill, PA 17011, Counsel for Appellee.

Before: GREENAWAY, JR., RESTREPO, and BIBAS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

After a jury awarded him $100,000 in punitive damages under the Pennsylvania Bad Faith Statute, 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8371, Appellant Bernie Clemens submitted a petition for over $900,000 in attorney's fees from Appellee New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company ("NYCM"). The District Court...

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