My father-in-law (who worked for DeLorean Motors long ago) once told me that success in business was simply a process of accumulating whip marks. Succeeding in the law is no different. Here’s a whip mark I got a few months ago, and which you can avoid by always paying your insurance premiums on time.
October 2010
The Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act
By Gene Killian on
Posted in Bad Faith
Right now, I’m preparing for a coverage trial involving aspects of both New Jersey and Massachusetts law. I was reviewing the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Acts (“UCSPA”) adopted in both states, and I noticed the following.
The New Jersey version of UCSPA prohibits certain bad behavior if committed “with such frequency as to indicate…