I have written before about the American Rule – which requires parties to a lawsuit, in the absence of a fee shifting statute or contractual agreement, to pay their own legal fees – and the exception under Massachusetts law that runs in favor of insureds who prevail in coverage cases against their insurers. The Supreme
Bad Faith Causes of Action
Bad Faith Litigation: Do the Numbers Add Up?
By Stephen Rosenberg on
Posted in Bad Faith Causes of Action
I am a little bit of a skeptic – I don’t think it has devolved yet to cynicism – when it comes to insurance bad faith litigation. Done right, a state law system of bad faith rules and rights can establish appropriate boundaries for all three sides of the insurance triangle – the insurer, the…