The holding in Strutz is that a third-party claimant is barred from bringing a cause of action for bad faith against an alleged tortfeasor’s liability insurance provider. Judge Stickman found that Gitelman did not have legal standing to file a lawsuit for bad faith against Wilkinson’s insurer.
Date of Decision: March 24, 2022
Gitelman v. Wilkinson, U. S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania No. 2:21-CV-1696, 2022 WL 874624 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 24, 2022) (Stickman, J.)
