ALLSTATE PROP. AND CAS. INS. CO. v. WOLFE

No. 39 MAP 2014

105 A.3d 1181 (2014)

ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jared WOLFE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yen Tran Lucas, Esq. , Pennsylvania Insurance Dept., for Insurance Commissioner, Amicus Curiae.

Richard Bruce Morrison, Esq. , Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C., for Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, Inc., American Insurance Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and Association of America, Amici Curiae.

Charles Scott Rybny, Esq. , Curtin & Heefner LLP, for Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, Inc., American Insurance Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and Association of America, Amici Curiae.

Marcia Mary Waldron, Esq. , U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, for United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

The Honorable Kent Jordan, pro se.

Sara Beth Richman, Esq. , John Lawrence Schweder II, Esq. , Philadelphia, Marshall Matthew, Esq. , Butler, Pepper Hamilton LLP, for Allstate Property and Casualty Ins. Co.

William Philip Carlucci, Esq. , Robert B. Elion, Esq. , Williamsport, Elion, Wayne, Greico, Carlucci & Shipman, P.C., Michael Anthony Dinges, Esq. , Dinges, Dinges & Waltz, LLC, for Jared Wolfe.

Scott B. Cooper, Esq. , Schmidt Kramer, P.C., Harrisburg, James C. Haggerty, Esq. , Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C., Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

Luke E. Debevec, Esq. , John Norig Ellison, Esq. , Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, Andrew J. Kennedy, Esq. , Indiana, Colkitt Law Firm, P.C., for United Policyholders.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, MCCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

We accepted certification from a federal appeals court to clarify whether, under Pennsylvania law, an insured may assign the right to recover damages from his insurance company deriving from the insurer's bad faith toward the insured.

In 2007, Jared...

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