Part of the holding in the following First-Party Statutory Bad Faith Claim, concerning the sufficiency of the Civil Remedy Notice of Insurer Violation in that case, was addressed in a post on Insurance Claims and Issues on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. This post addresses another holding in the same Federal Court Order in that case, concerning Damages allegations sufficient to support the First-Party Statutory Bad Faith Claim.
Unspecified Damages Claims were held sufficient as a matter of Florida law to support a Statutory First-Party Bad Faith Claim, in the Federal case of Royal Marco Point I Condominium Ass'n v. QBE Insurance Corp., Download Royal Marco Point I Condominium Ass'n v. QBE Insurance Corp. (M.D. Fla. Case No. 2.07cv16, Memorandum Opinion Filed July 13, 2010)FREE ACCESS DOWNLOAD also published as 2010 WL 2757240 *3 (M.D. Fla. July 13, 2010)(Westlaw subscription required to access Westlaw). The Federal Court in that case denied the Defendant Insurance Company's Motion to Dismiss and its Motion for Summary Judgment.
The Plaintiff Condominium Association, according to the Court's Opinion, alleged variously that because of the alleged actions of the Defendant, it had to spend money "from its operating account," "exhausted its maintenance reserves," assessed levies for repair costs on unit owners, "hired counsel and engaged its broker to attempt to secure payment," "took out a line of credit from Marco Community Bank to attempt to meet these repair costs," and "secured a $1.5 million small business loan ("SBA loan") with the U.S. Small Business Administration." Royal Marco Point I Condominium Ass'n v. QBE Insurance Corp., 2010 WL 2757240 at *1-*2.
Some or all of these allegations of Damages were thus viewed by the Federal Court in announcing a decision that the operative Complaint supported the Condominium Association's First-Party Bad Faith Statutory Claim in that case.
Compensatory and Consequential Damages Allegations and Recoveries in all kinds of Bad Faith Cases are exhaustively addressed by Dennis J. Wall, "Litigation and Prevention of Insurer Bad Faith" ยงยง 13:2 - 13:9 (Shepard's/McGraw-Hill First Edition, West Publishing Company Second Edition and 2010 Supplement).
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