Bad Faith Litigation
Representative appellate experience in these areas includes the following:
Dahmen v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co. (Held that in insured's
action alleging claims for benefits under the UIM policy and for insurer
bad faith, insurer was entitled to bifurcation of the claims and to stay
of discovery on bad faith claim pending resolution of UIM claim.)
Mowry v. Badger State Mut. Cas. Co. (Held that insurer did
not commit bad faith in failing to settle within policy limits even though
driver's liability for accident was probable and damages were concededly
in excess of policy limits, where question of coverage under the policy
was fairly debatable.)
Warmka v. Heartland Cicero Mut. Ins. Co. (Interpretation of
statute of limitations applicable to insurer bad faith, where court held
that insured’s claim for bad faith against its insurer was subject
to the two-year statute of limitations for intentional torts.)
Contact: James T. Murray, Jr. in our Milwaukee Office or Michael P. Crooks in our Madison Office.