This presentation will offer insight and strategies against emerging insurance class action claims in California involving a variety of topics, including total loss auto claims, wildfire smoke and Covid-19 claims, and...more
10/23/2023
/ Auto Insurance ,
California ,
Class Action ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Property Insurance ,
Webinars ,
Wildfires
The concept of fortuity is fundamental to insurance law. That is because insurance protects against the risk of contingent or unknown events or losses – not certainties of loss. Cal. Ins. Code § 22. Thus, in the context of...more
Voyager Indemnity Insurance Company (“Voyager) issued a commercial liability insurance policy to MRB Construction, Inc. (“MRB Construction”), a framing subcontractor. As is common with such policies, MRB Construction’s policy...more
Thomas Guastello v. AIG Specialty Insurance Company, — Cal.Rptr.3d –, 2021 WL 650878 (Cal. Ct. App., Feb. 19, 2021), Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeal, Case No. G057714.
Various stakeholders in the Pointe Monarch...more
Pitzer College v. Indian Harbor Insurance Company, — P.3d –, 2019 WL 4065521 (2019); California Supreme Court, Case No. S239510 (Aug. 29, 2019).
On certified questions by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the California...more
9/9/2019
/ Breach of Contract ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Consent ,
Contamination ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Late Notices ,
Notice Prejudice Rule ,
Policy Terms ,
Public Policy ,
Remediation ,
Third-Party Liability