Edwin Michael Kosik

Zaloga v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. of America

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2009-11-24 · cited 49×

The case concerns a physician's lawsuit against his disability insurers after they initially approved and then later terminated benefits under a policy issued in Pennsylvania, following injuries from a 2002 car accident that allegedly prevented him from practicing as a nephrologist. The defendants moved to dismiss counts alleging breach of contract and bad faith, as well as to strike portions of the complaint as irrelevant or scandalous. The court denied the motion in full, holding that Pennsylvania law recognizes an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in insurance contracts and that the complaint adequately stated claims under the relevant statutes and precedents without needing external evidence at the pleading stage.

business & regulatoryhealthcareproceduretorts & liability

Serino v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2009-09-18 · cited 7×

The case concerned a dispute over the terms of a disability insurance policy purchased in 1980, specifically whether benefits continued for the plaintiff's lifetime after he became totally disabled at age 54 or terminated at age 65. The plaintiff sued for breach of contract and bad faith after the insurer stopped payments in 2007, while the insurer sought summary judgment and a declaratory judgment that no further benefits were due. The court struck the plaintiff's untimely cross-motion for summary judgment and related filings. It then analyzed the policy's plain language, which limited payments after the insured's 65th birthday if benefits had already been paid for 12 or more months, and rejected arguments for oral modification due to the policy's integration clause, granting the insurer's motion.

business & regulatoryprocedure

Parmelee v. Piazza

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2008-07-22 · cited 1×

Oehlmann v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2007-12-21 · cited 15×

Scanlin v. Utica First Insurance

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2006-04-06 · cited 10×

Pocono International Raceway, Inc. v. Pocono Mountain Speedway, Inc.

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2001-08-13 · cited 1×

Scalzo v. Insalaco's Markets

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1998-01-27

Sindoni v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1996-09-23 · cited 7×

Dugan v. Pennsylvania Millers Mutual Insurance

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1994-12-15 · cited 4×

Eisenfelder v. United States

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1994-12-15 · cited 2×

Ball v. U.S. Parole Commission

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1994-03-31 · cited 14×

KEYSTONE CHAPTER, ASSOC. BUILDERS v. Foley

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1993-07-30

Albrechta v. Borough of White Haven

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1992-12-04 · cited 6×

Kolesar v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1992-08-31 · cited 5×

Grand Central Sanitation, Inc. v. First National Bank of Palmerton

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1992-03-16

Garden State Tire Realty Corp. v. R.K.R. Hess Associates, Inc.

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1990-06-14 · cited 6×

United States v. Nardone

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1990-05-11 · cited 11×

Garcia v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1990-02-13 · cited 59×

Westmont Industries, Inc. v. Weinstein

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1989-12-18 · cited 2×

Tobyhanna Conservation Ass'n v. Country Place Waste Treatment Co.

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1989-09-20 · cited 5×

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Edwin Michael Kosik

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