Welcome to the website of Philadelphia Lawyer Andrew Spiegel 03/10/2010

When an insurance company fails to honor the obligations in your insurance contract, or fails to perform some other responsibility it has to you pursuant to the insurance you purchased, you may have a case against the insurance company for "bad faith." It is important to note that bad faith cases arise from disputes between you and your own insurance company - if another driver's insurance company is refusing to pay money to you, that is not bad faith since there is no insurance...MORE >>

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• September 21, 2009 - Insurer Fined Over Discount for Religious
• September 15, 2009 - Triumph Close to Settlement with Insurers
• August 13, 2009 - Court Awards Largest Katrina Damages
• August 12, 2009 - Effron Sued Over Car Crash
• March 20, 2009 - Jurors' Use of the Internet Upsets the Scales of Justice
• January 30, 2009 - Insurance Co. Pays million to Ledger's Estate, Avoids Lawsuit
• April 22 2008 - Fraud Claim Rejected In Hurricane Katrina Lawsuit
• April 21, 2008 - Health Insurers Ordered to Reinstate Revoked Policies
• April 16, 2008 - Website Makes Suing Easy
• October 1, 2007 - Insurance companies fight law on punitive payouts
• June 13 2007 - Miss. attorney general sues State Farm
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• July 6 2006 - First Katrina homeowner´s insurance lawsuit begins
• November 12 2005 - MILLION BAD-FAITH VERDICT;
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• February 20, 2004 - No Bad Faith In Allstate's Refusal to Settle
• November 18, 2003 - Jury: Insurer must pay more than $1M for home
• November 10, 2003 - Insurance Law Verdict in Bad Faith Lawsuit Totals $3.28 Mil. in Punitives
• September 13, 2003 - Federal Judge: ERISA Does Not Pre-empt Bad Faith Suits
• August 23, 2003 - Nationwide Pays $5 Million in Class Action Lawsuit
• January 25, 2003 - Insurer to Appeal California Jury's Award of $31.7 Million over Benefit Cut
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• October 11, 2002 - Universal under fire again: Doctor group suing for $3M
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• January 8, 2002 - Insurance Company Ordered to Pay over $ 3 Million to Pennsylvania Woman
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