INSURANCE
Representative Cases - INSURANCE
- Bad faith claim assigned from insured who did excavation on a trench that collapsed onto plaintiff, violating safety rule: policy was a surplus line that was written for concrete, not excavation
- Insured’s spouse had fraud alerts on joint cars and subro claims were impacted
- Insurance broker failed to obtain garage keeper’s liability insurance for car repo/ used car dealer
- Worker Compensation Insurance fight: Employee of unlicensed painting contractor falls from ladder while painting: property owner though painter was licensed, issue of statutory employer and obligations of prior owner who repaired the roof
- Longtime broker sold business to new broker; error on renewal resulting in lowered coverage with reduced payments on claim
- Double freeway accident where decedent spins out in rain, then gets hit by oncoming car driven by driver on his way to work with course and scope issues
- Action against title insurance 17years after escrow for undisclosed property encroachments and bad faith failure to respond
- Subrogation case of water damage from failure of supply lines inside Kohler faucets with life expectancy of faucet versus life expectancy of supply lines
- Guest from tour group renting block of hotel rooms hangs laundryline on fire sprinkler causing flooding and creating liability issues re hotel vs guest vs tour company vs sprinkler manufacturer
- Subrogation action for fall by UPS deliveryman paid through worker compensation with no prior notice of dangerous condition to homeowner
- Subrogation for payments for home fire caused by bbq grill purchased used at unknown time and place but that had been subject to recall for wiring ten years earlier
- Subro case for $380K damages from longterm leak in unoccupied second home from crimped steel braided supply line that was 13 years old.
- Title insurance policy missed significant easement that devalued property that was purchased
- Severe rearender causing complete personality change, depression, PTSD in UIM claim
- Subrogation action for recoupment of insurance payments due to neighbor tree falling onto roof from wind storm
- Auto versus pedestrian in crosswalk; defense convinced this was insurance fraud
- Mold exclusion in mold dispute and claims of resultant cancer by tenant and injuries to pet
- Subro case with dispute over exclusion of “sprinkler system” versus “sprinkler system installation”
- Subrogation claims for fire damage caused by subcontractor with fight over who hired the sub and who was the general contractor
- UIM dispute with complication of nontimely workman compensation claim
- Subrogation claim for paid damages to insured from leak from steam dryer failure: contested liability between seller of dryer, manufacturer of hoses and couplers with comparative fault for failure to inspect and replace hoses
- Subrogation claim for damage from fire: dispute with contractor denying responsibility and dispute over owner as owner-builder
- UIM dispute over 92 year old hit in crosswalk with substantial injuries and dementia with preexisting memory deficits
- Homeowner claim for damages caused by vibrations from neighbor construction; dispute over plaintiff suing neighbor depriving carrier of subrogation rights; preexisting damage to old residence and delay in reporting within 1 year contractual limits
- Dispute over denial of coverage for delayed report on ongoing damage from neighbor construction and breach of policy by settling with neighbor and preventing subrogation
- Subrogation claims for damage to property owners claims when building burned down: lease had waiver of subrogation claims
- Subrogation claim from fire damage on faulty plumbing: D denies hiring plumber; dispute over who was the contractor
- Subrogation case mixed with habitability claims and five levels of indemnity agreements with subcontractors and contractors in roof repairs resulting in fire
- Subrogation claim for monies paid to insured landlord for tenants housed in hotel during fire repair
- UIM UM claims with sub rosa videotapes and dispute over preexisting medical issues
- Dispute between carriers whether policy can be opened up by indemnitee, not the insured
- Conflict between property manager and property owner over liability when tenant raped by burglar
- Victims of Thomas fire denied coverage for deck; conflict over definition of attached structure
- Subrogation action for recovery of half million paid to homeowner damage from reverse sewage flooding during city maintenance and plaintiff failure to have backflow valve
- Subrogation action for monies paid to restaurant out of commission for six months for fire in pizza oven; payment of disputed employee wages during interim to avoid loss of personnel; multiple theories for cause of fire: indemnification issues and several liability exposing all workers on the oven
- Subrogation action regarding damage from an open roof and the subcontractor who abandoned the job.
- Insurance bad faith matter for denied coverage on water leak.
- Damage regarding diminution in value for plane allowed to roll into another plane.
- Suit against broker and carrier for failing to tell rejected applicant that blood tests showed HIV
- Street racing death and policy exclusion for speed racing
- Bad faith claims for denial of significant damage from water leak and broken pipe on theory of leak occurring more versus less than 14 days after leak discovered
- Subrogation action for damages paid by carrier, caused by product defect failure
- Subrogation action from rain damage caused by roofing contractor walking off job before rainstorm
- Subrogation action/inverse condemnation from failure of valve and increase in pressure, blowing out plumbing on three locations. Payment of over $4 million to insured
- Bad Faith claim against carrier who settled underlying UIM after delay of seven years
- Multiple UIM and UM mediations and arbitrationsSubrogation demands for monies paid to insured for damage from lead contaminated propert
- Bad Faith Insurance claim for delay and refusal to extend living expenses due to fire damage.
- Dispute re allocation of litigation costs with two insurance policies with one declining duty to defend.
- Suit for refusal to pay for water damage from overflow of sewage pipe in major rainstorm, where policy included coverage of overflow.
- Bad faith claims in first party insurance based on fire in residence, unreasonable delay in responding.
- Insurer failure to cover losses arising from burglary and theft of memorabilia collection.
- Claims for failure by title insurance company to notify buyers of pending liens.
- Breach of Contract on insurance policy for water damage for rain flooding of storm drain.
- Effort by insurance carrier to recover $1 million award to employee injured in DUI.
- Bad faith refusal to pay policy limits in head-on collision.
- Suit against carrier for refusing to pay carrier-attorney representing insured.
- Bad faith claim of unpaid premiums and breach from mishandling of worker comp claims.
- UIM coverage dispute relating to multiple rear end accidents.
- Coverage dispute from non-covered flooding versus covered overflow from storm drain.
- Nonpayment of repairs for emergency restoration work following residential fire.
- Disputed allocation of coverage on UIM claims in serial collisions.
- Dispute over coverage of faulty installation of washer and mold exclusions.
- Insolvent carrier taken over by CIGA with dispute over default judgments.
- Subrogation action by major insurance carrier for payments made on inverse condemnation action.
- Denial of coverage for leakage in construction of megamansion.
- Underinsured motorist claim in broadside accident with $200,000 in medical damages.
- Coverage dispute over serious injuries from collapse of gate on filming site.
- Demand for policy limits on two accidents one month apart with underinsured motorist at fault, in which policy was tendered on first accident but insurer denied additional injuries from subsequent accident, refusing to tender second policy limit.
- Coverage dispute over serious injuries from collapse of gate on filming site.
- UIM dispute over failure to have claimed tbi damages from workman compensation.
- Suit against broker and carrier for failing to tell rejected applicant that blood tests showed HIV.