THOMPSON v. STATE FARM

No. 977, Sept. Term, 2009.

9 A.3d 112 (2010)

196 Md. App. 235

Christina THOMPSON v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

December 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Macalister , Baltimore, MD ( Deborah L. Potter , Jaklitsch Law Group, on the brief, Upper Marlboro, MD), for appellant.

Laura B. Jacobs ( Budow and Noble , on the brief), Bethesda, MD, for appellee.

Panel: ZARNOCH, WRIGHT and IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


ZARNOCH, J.

It is not often that a routine venue dispute triggers difficult issues of statutory construction and constitutional law. But this is such a case.

At the center of the controversy is a 2007 enactment of the General Assembly creating administrative and judicial remedies for a first-party insured against a property and casualty insurer who fails to act in good faith in denying coverage or declining payment...

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