An insurer’s failure to schedule an independent medical exam for one of its underinsured claimants, coupled with a low offer to settle, amounted to bad faith claims handling, the Superior Court has ruled.
The decision affirmed an award of $275,000 in punitive damages to plaintiff Daniel Bonenberger by an Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas trial judge. The appeals court also approved the trial court’s grant of $89,160 in attorney’s fees to Bonenberger.
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