This week’s New Jersey Law Journal features an article by Ric Gallin and Eric Harrison regarding an important precedential opinion in favor of a school district represented by M&W and published by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.  Read the full Case Alert here.

The bill - previously passed in the Senate - would create a new “bad faith” cause of action for an insurance carrier’s “unreasonable delay or denial” of a claim, as well as a private cause of action for a violation of the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act. Under the bill as proposed, conduct determined unreasonable by a jury could entitle the insured to unspecified consequential damages, attorney’s fees and costs.  Read the full Case Alert here.

Within a few days, M&W's Christian Baillie and David Incle, Jr. had authored an article, which the New Jersey Law Journal promptly published, discussing the ramifications of this important decision.  Read the article here.  Feel free to contact Christian, David or any of our partners with any questions about the application of this decision to your claims.

On November, 17, 2019, NJ Advance Media published an article in the Sunday Star-Ledger and associated websites written by Award Winning Sports Columnist Steve Politi, analyzing a case successfully tried to verdict by M&W partner Bill Bloom in June of this year. The case has been publicized nationally by such outlets as ESPN and USA Today, and internationally by such outlets as The Daily Mail, addressing the potential societal impact had the case been lost. To read the article please click here.