Split Pa. Supreme Court Leaves Nationwide Free of $21M Bad-Faith Judgement
“A deadlocked Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to let stand a state Superior Court ruling overturning a $21 million bad faith ruling against Nationwide,” reports John Huetter in RDN Repairer Driven News.
“The Superior Court had held in a 2-1 2018 decision that Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Sprecher overreached in a 2015 ruling on Nationwide’s behavior related to a Jeep left unsafe after repairs tied to a Blue Ribbon auto body shop.”
“The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared itself ‘divided in a fashion which prevents a majority disposition’ and therefore dismissed the appeal by the Jeep’s lessee. (Justice Christine Donohue didn’t participate in the case.) The move means the Superior Court decision remains intact.”
