Bill Text: PA HB1836 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In special damages, further providing for actions on insurance policies.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-07-08 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB1836 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1836-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2408
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1836 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DENLINGER, HALUSKA, HARKINS, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, LENTZ, McGEEHAN, MOUL, MURT, K. SMITH, WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, JULY 8, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 8, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in special damages,
further providing for actions on insurance policies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8371 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 8371. Actions on insurance policies.
In an action arising under an insurance policy, if the
[court] trier of fact finds that the insurer has acted in bad
faith toward the insured, the [court] trier of fact may take all
of the following actions:
(1) Award interest on the amount of the claim from the
date the claim was made by the insured in an amount equal to
the prime rate of interest plus 3%.
(2) Award punitive damages against the insurer.
(3) Assess court costs and attorney fees against the
insurer.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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