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Bad-faith litigation has long been a contentious — and big-dollar — issue for insurers.

State Farm can't get out of stacking-related bad-faith claim

A judge has denied State Farm's bid to end a bad-faith lawsuit that alleges the company refused to reimburse a man who had been charged for stacking insurance coverage even though he owned only one vehicle.

By Max Mitchell | Updated on August 18, 2017

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A Pennsylvania judge has denied insurance giant State Farm’s bid to end a bad-faith lawsuit that alleges the company refused to reimburse a man who had been charged for stacking insurance coverage even though he owned only one vehicle.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson last month rejected State Farm’s preliminary objection motion that sought to dismiss the bad-faith claim brought by plaintiff Anthony Caputo.

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