June 2022 - Horst Krekstein & Runyon LLC

Improper Policy Cancellation Does not Support A Statutory Bad Faith Claim

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Devein Dalessio Trucking, LLC v. Progressive Corp. recently held that Plaintiff’s statutory bad faith claim cannot be exclusively based on an allegedly improper cancellation of a policy and granted the carrier’s motion to dismiss. Pennsylvania’s bad faith statute is limited to causes of action …

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The 2022 Hurricane Season Has Begun

Catastrophes

Hurricane season officially started on June 1. 2022. We are already preparing for two potential storms, Alex and Bonnie, which are forming in the Atlantic. For the seventh year in a row, experts are predicting another above-average hurricane season, anticipating between 14 and 21 named storms, 6 to 10 of which could become hurricanes. The …

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Matt Malamud and Lexie Doran published in PDI’s Counterpoint

COVID-19

HKR’s Matt Malamud and Lexie Doran’s article, “COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage Litigation Update,” was recently published in the May 2022 edition of Counterpoint, an official publication of The Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Business interruption coverage for losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic remains an important and rapidly developing issue. At HKR, we are committed to staying …

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Month: June 2022