The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reinvigorated, yet at the same time may have narrowed, a key rule governing insurer bad faith claims in this state in its decision this month in City Fuel Corp. vs. National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, SJC-09623 (May 10, 2006), available here http://www.masslawyersweekly.com/signup/opinion.cfm?page=ma/opin/sup/1007806.htm.
In the Commonwealth, bad faith…