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Pennsylvania plaintiffs allege appraiser incompetence after ‘mental breakdown’
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A federal district judge in Pennsylvania recently tossed out a lawsuit in which Philadelphia homeowners argued an appraisal on their home following damage from a fire should be set aside because their appraiser “suffered some form of mental breakdown which rendered him incompetent to adequately advocate on their behalf.”
The case is John Mitchell, et al., v. Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois.
The facts of the case date back to December 2012, when plaintiffs John Mitchell and Sarah Klunk suffered fire, smoke and related damage to their Philadelphia home. When their insurer, Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois, did not pay damages, Mitchell and Klunk filed a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, seeking claims for breach of contract and bad faith.
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