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Chester F. Darlington

Partner

  • location icon Philadelphia, PA
    575 E. Swedesford Road (Temporary Location)
    Suite 102
    Wayne, PA 19087

Chester Darlington is a partner in the Philadelphia office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith, General Liability, Products Liability, and Transportation practice groups. 

Mr. Darlington has extensive civil litigation experience in federal and state courts, including defense of claims involving premises liability, products liability, environmental, and automobile/trucking liability. In addition, he defends insurers in bad faith litigation under Pennsylvania’s Bad Faith Statute and provides insurance coverage opinions regarding CGL, errors and omissions, environmental, automobile, and professional liability claims including insurance coverage litigation. He also practices in the state and federal appellate courts of Pennsylvania.

Published Opinions

  • Hebrew Sch. Condo. Ass'n v. Distefano, 2004 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 71 (Philadelphia Co. October 21, 2004). 
  • Hebrew Sch. Condo. Ass'n v. Distefano, 2005 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 609 (Philadelphia Co. December 11, 2005). 
  • Sweeney v. Safeco Ins. Co., 2005 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 338 (Montgomery Co. 2005). 
  • Sweeney v. Safeco Ins. Co., 943 A.2d 331 (Pa. Super. 2007), appeal denied, 951 A.2d 1166 (Pa. 2008). 
  • Johnson v. Progressive Ins. Co., 2008 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 295 (Philadelphia Co. November 21 2008). 
  • Nat'l Grange Mut. Ins. Co. v. Sharp Equip. Co., 55 F. App'x 85 (3d Cir. 2003).
  • Miezejewski v. Infinity Auto Ins. Co., 609 F. App'x 69 (3d Cir. 2015).
  • Rivas v. Prospero Equipment Corp., 777 Fed.Appx.39 (3d Cir. 2019). 
  • Gen. Refractories Co. v. First State Ins. Co., 234 F.R.D. 99 (E.D. Pa. 2005).
  • Canal Ins. Co. v. Sherman, 430 F. Supp. 2d 478 (E.D. Pa. 2006).
  • Peerless Ins. Co. v. Brooks Sys. Corp., 617 F. Supp. 2d 348 (E.D. Pa. 2008).
  • IDS Prop. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Schonewolf, 111 F. Supp. 3d 618 (E.D. Pa. 2015).
  • Harvey v. Liberty Mut. Grp., Inc., 8 F. Supp. 3d 666 (E.D. Pa. 2014).
  • Woods Services, Inc. vs. Disability Advocates, Inc., 342 F.Supp.3d 592 (E.D. Pa. 2018). 
  • A.F. v. Leisure Time Prods., LLC, , 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22066 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 7, 2024).
  • Ross v. Infinity Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81480 (E.D. Pa. June 10, 2013).
  • Martin v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33149 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 24, 2022).
  • Martin v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47169 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 20, 2023).
  • Rivas v. Prospero Equip. Corp., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 236001 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 28, 2018).
  • Rivas v. Prospero Equip. Corp., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152167 (E.D. Pa. Sep. 5, 2018).
  • Chestnut Hill Acad. v. Graphic Arts Mut. Ins. Co., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11933 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 4, 2005).
  • Woods Servs. v. Disability Advocates, Inc., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77752 (E.D. Pa. May 8, 2018).
  • Canal Ins. Co. v. J. Perchak Trucking, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28932 (M.D. Pa. Apr. 6, 2009).
  • Quality Pocono, LLC v. Lexington Ins. Co., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 244703 (M.D. Pa. July 28, 2022).
  • Photomedex, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22035 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 20, 2008).
  • Schaeffer v. Allianz Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44939 (E.D. Pa. June 10, 2008).
  • Canal Ins. Co. v. Paul Cox Trucking, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27890 (M.D. Pa. May 9, 2006).
  • Northland Ins. Co. v. Stranieri, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60158 (M.D. Pa. July 28, 2008).
  • Martino v. Hartford Ins. Co. of Il., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57066 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 23, 2014).
  • Hook v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68985 (M.D. Pa. Aug. 18, 2008).
  • D'Orazio v. Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84681 (E.D. Pa. June 18, 2012).
  • McBride v. Infinity Prop. & Cas. Corp., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39480 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 24, 2014).
  • Wertz v. Ryan, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5834 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 12, 2022).
  • Veolia Energy Phila., Inc. v. Flowserve US, Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 73042 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 30, 2019).
  • Frederick & Emily's, Inc. v. Westfield Grp., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17274 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 25, 2004).
  • Aspen Specialty Ins. Co. v. Peerless Ins. Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181326 (E.D. Pa. May 31, 2016).
  • Simmons v. Trumbull Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58425 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 25, 2012).
  • Chestnut Hill Acad. v. Graphic Arts Mut. Ins. Co., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14776 (E.D. Pa. July 22, 2005).
  • Kakule v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35178 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 30, 2008).
  • McGroty . Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161553 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 25, 2010).
  • Page v. Infinity Indem. Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13790 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 31, 2014).
  • Viscounte v. Liberty Mut. Grp., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177228 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 14, 2012).
  • Miezejewski v. Infinity Auto Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7425 (M.D. Pa. Jan. 22, 2014).
  • McCleester v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., Co., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90345 (M.D. Pa. Sep. 30, 2009).
  • Canal Ins. Co. v. Paul Cox Trucking, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71307 (M.D. Pa. Oct. 2, 2006).
  • Mapfre Ins. Co. v. Forte, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70403 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 18, 2022).
  • Nat'l Grange Mut. Ins. Co. v. Sharp Equip. Co., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4096 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 1, 2002).
  • NIA Learning Ctr., Inc. v. Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Cos., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92991 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 1, 2009).

Publications

  • Revisionist History: The Assault on Pennsylvania’s Bad Faith Statute by Asserting Common Law Bad Faith in UM/UIM Claims, January 2010. 
  • There is No Bad Faith Because a Third Party Claimant Says So: Why an Expressed Willingness to Settle is Required in Common Law Bad Faith, August 2012.
  • Can Bad Faith Exist in a Contractual Vacuum?, March 2015.

Admissions

  • State Bar Admissions
    • Pennsylvania
  • United States District Courts
    • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
    • United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • United States Courts of Appeals
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Admissions

Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Awards & Honors

  • Eagle Scout 
  • Honor Medal from the Boy Scouts of America for “unusual heroism and skill in saving or attempting to save life at considerable risk to self."

Education

University of Akron School of Law

Juris Doctor, 1996

Juniata College

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in History, 1993

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