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Bad Faith in the Context of First-Party Insurance – New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 55
Posted on 23 Jul 2012 by William T. Barker

By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton The insurer's duty of good faith, and the liabilities that flow from breach of that duty, play an important role in insurance law. The duty was first developed in the context of liability insurance to... Read More

Tags: insurance coverage , SNR Denton , prompt payment , duty of good faith , William Barker , duty to inform , abnormal bad faith , Bad Faith , First-Party Bad Faith , fairly debatable , investigation

Bad Faith in the Context of First-Party Insurance – New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 55
Posted on 23 Jul 2012 by William T. Barker

By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton The insurer's duty of good faith, and the liabilities that flow from breach of that duty, play an important role in insurance law. The duty was first developed in the context of liability insurance to... Read More

Tags: insurance coverage , SNR Denton , prompt payment , duty of good faith , William Barker , duty to inform , abnormal bad faith , Bad Faith , First-Party Bad Faith , fairly debatable , investigation

William T. Barker, Kirk R. Ruthenberg & Kenneth J. Pfaehler on “First-Party Bad Faith in Maryland: Does the New Statute Reach ‘Fairly Debatable’ Claims Denials”
Posted on 15 Nov 2010 by William Barker and Kirk Ruthenberg and Kenneth Pfaehler

By William T. Barker, Kirk R. Ruthenberg, and Kenneth J. Pfaehler, SNR Denton In their article “First-Party Bad Faith in Maryland: Does the New Statute Reach ‘Fairly Debatable’ Claims Denials” appearing in the September/October... Read More

Tags: Fairly Debatable Claims Denials , Ceclila Schwaber Trust Two v. Hartford Acc. & Indemn. Co. , William Barker , insurance coveerage , good faith , First-Party Bad Faith