Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Thomas P. Wagner, Joshua Bachrach, Carl D. Buchholz, Philadelphia, for Prior Report: Pa. , 727 A.2d 1144. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. The BIRTH CENTER v. The ST. PAUL COMPANIES, INC., Sharon Dawson-Coates and Al Afonso. ORDER PER CURIAM: AND NOW, this 1st day of March, 2000, we GRANT the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal and we LIMIT the appeals to the following issues: a. Whether the insurer's payment of the excess verdict precludes insured from maintaining a bad faith action; b. Whether the trial court properly charged the jury on a breach of contract theory based on the insurer's bad faith conduct; and, c. Whether compensatory damages are recoverable in a bad faith action.