Following are a few examples of the Insurance Coverage matters our lawyers have handled for clients in both negotiations and litigation in State and Federal Courts. 

These examples are merely illustrative, and do not represent all of the types of Insurance Coverage negotiations and lawsuits we handle for our clients. 

Represented a nationally franchised company in cutting edge insurance coverage litigation in which insured and insurer sought reciprocal declarations regarding the duty to defend/indemnify for attorneys’ fees and settlement costs incurred in five interrelated underlying lawsuits.  We won summary adjudication of issues on cross-motions regarding the duty to defend (thereafter, the insurer's writ of mandate was denied), resulting in a favorable resolution for our client.

Represented one of the largest privately-held telecommunications companies and one of its employees (outside of California, by pro hac vice admission) in insurance coverage litigation where the insurer sought refund of $l million in attorneys’ fees advanced in defense of an underlying joint venture case and also sought a declaration that it had no duty to indemnify.  Our clients cross-complained for all of the attorneys’ fees and settlement costs the insurer had refused to pay.  We won summary adjudication of issues motions affirmatively establishing the insurer's defense obligations and its inability to obtain any refund under the volunteer rule, and defeated the insurer's reciprocal summary adjudication of issues motions, leading to a favorable resolution for our clients. 

Represented one of the largest privately-held telecommunications companies and its officers in a declaratory relief action by two insurers in which they sought to avoid the duty to defend and indemnify an underlying partnership dispute lawsuit.  After the court ruled that the insurers had a duty to defend, and further discovery was taken, we obtained a favorable resolution for our clients.
  
Represented a steel manufacturer in negotiating a favorable insurance coverage position that supported the defense and settlement of an underlying action regarding a product defect claimed to have caused a refinery explosion.  We were able to achieve a favorable resolution of the underlying action for our client on the eve of trial.

Represented a Canadian clothing manufacturer in a $10 million lawsuit brought by a competitor alleging claims based on a license agreement with plaintiff’s former executives authorizing them to manufacture and sell clothing under our client’s name, which the competitor characterized as a joint venture to open competing clothing stores in the U.S.  We negotiated an insurance coverage position that led to a favorable resolution for our client.