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Insurance Principal Rich McMonigle Authors Article for PDI's CounterPoint Examining the Third Party Bad Faith Claim in Pa.
In the article, "A Dozen Years After Birth Center, the Third Party Bad Faith Claim Continues to Expand," Insurance Law Principal and author of the book, Insurance Bad Faith in Pennsylvania, Richard L. McMonigle, Jr., notes that:
"With the 1990 enactment of Pennsylvania's bad faith statute...and more particularly with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc., the third party bad faith claim has, whether rightly or wrongly, been the subject of expansion by the courts."
About the Author
Richard L. McMonigle, Jr. is Senior Counsel with the firm's Insurance Law Department. A former Principal and Past Chair of the Department, Mr. McMonigle has spent over three decades representing national clients in significant insurance coverage and claims compliance matters. In more than 25 years with Post & Schell, he has earned a stellar reputation defending insurance companies and their employees in litigation involving complex coverage issues, alleged bad faith, policyholder fraud, and life, health, and disability claims, and bringing such matters to an expedited and fair resolution.