REPRESENTATIVE CASES

First party insurance dispute arose from smoke damage from the Woolsey Fire of 2018. The insured had tens of thousands of individual products, worth millions of dollars stored in a warehouse and alleged that the goods were damaged by smoke from the fire. The parties disagreed on the extent of the damage, the method that should be used to clean the products and the cost of the cleaning operations. Numerous experts had examined the goods and had conflicting opinions as to method and cost. The insured also contended that the insurance carrier had not handled the claim in good faith. The matter was settled by the carrier agreeing to a multi-million dollar payment to the insured.

Insurance bad faith case arising from dispute between carrier and homeowner over proper amount for repairs after water loss damages expensive single-family home.

As an adjunct to construction matters, scores of insurance coverage and bad faith lawsuits.