REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Insurance Bad Faith
- Handled action involving Cummus counsel, waiver and untimely tender of defense in insurance bad faith case.
- Handled action involving a failure to defend and indemnity, breach of contract and additional insured issues.
- Handled a post-arbitration action to enforce decision regarding finding of bad faith against insurance carriers.
- Handled action involving a bad faith claim barred by a settlement in a prior action for breach of contract. Issues of res judicata.
- Handled bad faith action involving a homeowner’s insurance policy and mishandling of a claim caused by fire too residential real property.
- Handled an action involving a bad faith claim against an insurance carrier for failure to defend in an underlying personal injury action.
- Handled an action involving claims that insurance carrier representatives induced an insured not to timely act on pursuing a claim and a claim for bad faith when the insurance carrier denied claim as untimely.
- Handled an action involving an additional insured on an insurance contract. Additional claims for bad faith, and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
- Handled an insurance coverage dispute regarding an underlying action for discrimination and access to a laundromat and whether the event qualified as an “occurrence.”
- Handled a bad faith action against an insurer for failure to pay out on an insurance claim.
- Handled a negligence action involving an automobile accident outside of Palm Springs and bad faith claim against insurer.
- Handled a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty action against insurance brokers and carrier for failure to inform plaintiff of exclusion on the policy with additional claims for negligence, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and bad faith.
- Handled a bad faith action involving an underlying auto collision action and issues of failure to cooperate by insurer and failure to timely notify of the insurer of the claim.
- Handled a bad faith action involving issues surrounding the settlement of an underlying personal injury action.
- Handled a bad faith action for failure to cover damages caused by vandalism to plaintiff’s building.
- Handled bad faith action involving a multi-vehicle accident in Costa Rica which resulted in an air transport to a hospital in the South Bay and the insurer’s refusal to pay the bills.
- Handled a bad faith action for failure to pay for damage caused by a fire at a property in Lake Forest.
- Handled a bad faith action for failure to provide coverage for damage to a home caused by to rainstorms.
- Handled a bad faith action involving failure to pay theft of jewelry.
- Handled a bad faith denial of a claim action.
- Handled a bad faith action involving the denial claim for home health care under a long-term care policy.
- Handled a bad faith action involving the failure to defend insured construction company in an underlying construction defect action.
- Handled a bad faith action involving a failure to defend and indemnify in underlying action for injuries caused by the negligent supervision of a child at school.
- Handled a bad faith and negligence action against the insurance agent and insurer when policy obtained did not cover the claim presented.
- Tried a bad faith action involving whether policies covered claim for vandalism. COURT TRIAL
- Handled a bad faith action for rejection of claim for a stolen Mercedes Benz.
- Handled a bad faith action for failure to cover a claim for water damage caused by a leaky shower valve.
- Handled a bad faith action involving the failure to pay on a claim for injuries incurred during a pedicure.
- Handled a bad faith action for failure to pay on a property damage claim.
- Handled a bad faith action involving injury suffered by a plumber on a construction site in El Segundo, but insurer denied coverage with additional claims for fraud, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and Violation of Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200
- Handled a bad faith action involving the failure to pay all of a loss claim due to fire and smoke damage from the Station Fire.
- Tried a bad faith action involving a residential fire with issues of arson. JURY TRIAL
- Handled a bad faith action against an insurer for failure to defend and indemnify on an underlying action involving an accident on plaintiff’s property under the CGL policy.