Results In Previous Matters We’ve Handled

$5,179,000 – Recovered in complex business loss from commercial general liability carrier following refusal to accept settlement demand.

$3,000,000 – Recovered in complex construction dispute and secured a cumis defense for client after carrier initially refused to provide a full defense and refused to settle within its policy limits despite exposure well in excess of limits.

$2,400,000 – Recovered full policy limits and over six times what business property carrier underpaid as “full compensation” in complex business property and business interruption claim.

$2,000,000 – Recovered from commercial auto carrier after initial settlement refusal through conflicted defense counsel.

$2,000,000 – Recovered from auto and umbrella insurance carriers after carriers refused to settle citing a $500,000 gap in coverage.

$1,890,000 – Recovered from auto and umbrella insurance carriers after initial settlement refusal and protected significant personal assets of client sued in multiple actions and pursued by multiple claimants for serious personal injuries in excess of remaining limits.

$1,000,000 – Recovered full policy limits for an employee dishonesty claim brought by an institutional client.

$634,071 – Recovered from insurance carrier after fire loss and initial low valuation claimed by insurance company of under $200,000.

$547,697 – Recovered in bad faith litigation brought against an insurance carrier that failed to pay policy benefits due under a homeowner policy following a significant water leak at a home.

$500,000 – Recovered in bad faith litigation against a business property carrier for failing to pay business property and business interruption claims.

$500,000 – Recovered after commercial general liability denied claim for defense and indemnity by subcontractor in a complex construction dispute.  Case concluded with $150,000 paid to client for its affirmative claims, $140,000 indemnity paid by carrier to settle claims against client, $58,000 reimbursement to client for attorney fees incurred by client, and estimated in excess of $155,000 in defense fees paid by carrier.

$495,000 – Recovered in action against insurance carrier for breach of contract and bad faith for failure to timely pay benefits following commercial business loss.

$485,228 – Recovered after life insurer failed to recognize client as a proper beneficiary.

$450,000 – Recovered after Contractor was sued by owner on a high-end remodel and insurance carrier denied coverage and refused to defend. Secured defense and indemnity from insurance carrier as well as reimbursement for defense fees incurred personally by Contractor plus interest and fees incurred pursuing the carrier.

$440,790 – Recovered from commercial property carrier after large dispute in property valuation and business interruption following a fire.

$406,365 – Recovered from homeowner policy in defense and indemnity of client in complex real estate and purported damage case.

$406,154 – Recovered in bad faith litigation against a business property carrier for failing to pay business property and business interruption claims.

$400,000 – Recovered from insurance broker (broker malpractice) after failing to place appropriate coverages for business client resulting in uncovered damages.

$350,000 – Recovered plus a full defense, including assignment of cumis counsel, from E&O Carrier after it filed declaratory relief action and asserted a limited sublimit for both defense and indemnity.

$340,000 – Recovered from contractor’s commercial general liability carriers in defense, indemnity and damages following initial denial of coverage by two carriers.

$300,000 – Recovered from a contractor and its insurance company for defective work on a pool project.

$300,000 – Recovered in defense, indemnity and direct reimbursement to the client after carrier initially refused to provide a full defense and refused to settle wrongful termination case prompting client to bring bad faith litigation.

$200,000 – Recovered after the contractor restoring fire damage to a home caused additional damage to the property.

$200,000 – Recovered in defense, indemnity and direct reimbursement to the client after carrier initially refused to provide a full defense and refused to settle complex construction dispute within its policy limits.

$185,000 – Recovered from insurer and broker based on insurance carrier refusal to defend or indemnify a business for a bodily injury claim.

$144,873 – Recovered after insurance carrier denied claim to a health care client in response to a suit for bodily injuries due to a slip and fall.

$127,000 – Recovered after client fell in a retail establishment.

$125,000 – Recovered from insurance broker for failing to place proper limits of coverage.

$116,347 – Recovered policy limit, interest, and attorney fee payment on a life insurance policy after carrier denied coverage for a purported undisclosed medical condition.

$83,000 – Recovered from life insurance carrier despite its claim that the policy premium had lapsed prior to death for non-payment.

$80,000 – Recovered on cross-complaint after contractor client initially sued in a construction dispute.

$80,000 – Recovered in bad faith litigation against an insurance carrier that sought judicial declaration of no coverage.

$70,000 – Recovered against an insurance carrier following a dispute regarding value of contents in home damaged by fire and smoke.

$64,000 – Recovered in indemnity after carrier initially refused to settle case despite demands by insured client to settle.

$60,000 – Recovered after insurance carrier denied claim following water leak at home.

$56,000 – Recovered from commercial property insurer after it denied coverage for property destroyed at insured’s business during storm.

$53,600 – Recovered as an increase in living expenses after insurance carrier underpaid living expenses following water leak at property.

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