Breach of Insurance Contract • Bad Faith for Failure to Pay Punitive Damages • Common Law Exclusion for Punitive Damages
Bensalem Racing Ass’n, Inc. v. Ace Prop. and Cas. Ins. Co., PICS Case No. 17-0223 (CP Philadelphia Jan. 20, 2017) Djerassi, J. (9 pages).
Insurer was not obligated to indemnify insured for punitive damages where such damages were awarded because of insured’s direct liability as landowner of premises where jury found that insured’s gross dereliction of duty was the direct cause of injury.
