Does Egan’s “managing agent” rule survive 40 years later? Most insurance bad faith cases involve a fight over the managerial status of the employees who denied the insured’s claim Robert S. GianelliAdrian Barrio From Issue: 2019 September
Deposing insurance company personnel: lessons learned Identifying the insurer’s PMK is crucial to your deposition strategy. So is fluidity in testimony, so let them talk Terry ColemanRyan Opgenorth From Issue: 2018 September
Current issues in first-party property claims “Like kind and quality” and other issues when insurers pay for property damage to their insureds’ buildings Charles Miller From Issue: 2018 September
Bad faith, genuine dispute, and the “expert safe-harbor” How insurance companies use biased experts to deny and underpay claims, and what to do about it Evangeline Fisher GrossmanChristopher Dion From Issue: 2017 September
Appellate Reports A look at Prop 51, battery versus med mal, the sudden-emergency doctrine in auto accidents, and genuine-dispute doctrine in health insurance Jeffrey I. Ehrlich From Issue: 2020 October
Appellate Reports Bad-faith failure to settle examined based on contract law principle; also, COVID business interruption coverage Jeffrey I. Ehrlich From Issue: 2022 January
Discovery: The claims file in bad-faith cases How to get all the insurance company documents you need to build a bad-faith case Danica Crittenden From Issue: 2018 October
Deftly navigating insurance-coverage disputes A message from the Tortured Insurance Lawyers Department Sara A. McClain From Issue: 2024 May
Be an insurance Myth Buster! Four myths — or soon to be myths — of insurance law in California Jeffrey I. Ehrlich From Issue: 2017 September
Appellate Reports Decision looks at bad faith in landlord’s insurance policy Jeffrey I. Ehrlich From Issue: 2020 July
Appellate Reports Court of Appeal rejects CACI 2334 formulation of what constitutes a bad-faith failure to settle Jeffrey I. Ehrlich From Issue: 2021 April
Appellate Reports After State Farm denies homeowner’s claim, contract and bad-faith suit is barred by statute of limitations, but suit for unfair business practice under UCL can go forward Jeffrey I. Ehrlich From Issue: 2024 October
