August 11, 2022
A claims handler and its insurer have asked a California federal court to dismiss their dispute over the reimbursement of costs from an underlying suit over a mismanaged car claim, following a Ninth Circuit decision that forced the handler to pay the insurer back.
September 03, 2020
A California federal judge Thursday axed a claims handler's suit seeking additional coverage of its legal bills from an insurer that it says hired a bad lawyer to fend off underlying litigation involving a car crash, ruling instead in favor of the insurer's counterclaim to recoup over $5.5 million in defense and arbitration costs it paid.
December 13, 2019
An insurance company has renewed its bid for a California federal court to toss allegations that it failed to adequately defend a claims handler by appointing an inexperienced and incompetent lawyer to handle an underlying case involving a car crash, arguing that the handler is relying on hindsight to assert that it should get $4.9 million because the matter was purportedly botched.