In answer to a certified question in Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Wolfe, 105 A.3d 1181, 1188 (Pa. 2014), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court stated: “We conclude that the entitlement to assert damages under Section 8371 [Pennsylvania’s bad faith statute] may be assigned by an insured to the injured plaintiff and judgment creditor such as Wolfe. Having answered the certified question, we return the matter to the Third Circuit.”
Reprinted with the permission of Thomson Reuters and the author from the manuscript of the author's 2015 Supplement chapters, and in particular Section 7:2, in “Litigation and Prevention of Insurer Bad Faith, 3d” ©2015 by Thomson Reuters.