How to maximize your client’s recovery in a workers’ compensation credit hearing

Proving employer fault for the injury can offset the WC credit against your recovery – and you can be paid for your work as an expert witness on damages

Eustace de Saint Phalle
Andrew Clay

From Issue: 2018 September

Insurance coverage in a “me too” world

Finding coverage for sexual molestation or assault often depends on ambiguity in the insurance Policy

Kirk Pasich

From Issue: 2018 September

You received an investigation letter from the State Bar

Don’t panic. Here’s your game plan

Karen Stromeyer
Peter Weber

From Issue: 2018 September

The Hammer Clause is your friend

In professional malpractice cases, utilize the conflict the insurer causes its insured to resolve your case

Greg Stannard

From Issue: 2018 September

Multiple-occurrence policy limits demands

Recent cases support the use of this technique to maximize insurance coverage

Ryan Vlasak

From Issue: 2018 September

Health insurance coverage denial: Medical directors

Who they are, what they do and how to deal with them in a bad-faith case

Scott C. Glovsky

From Issue: 2018 September

“We meant it when we said it”

In Liberty Surplus v. Ledesma & Meyer Construction Co., the California Supreme Court reaffirms that an “accident” can be the unintended consequence of the insured’s deliberate acts

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2018 September

Homeowner’s insurers are prohibited from communicating misleading replacement-cost estimates

Misleading estimates qualify as a misleading statement under the Insurance Code

Ricardo Echeverria
Steven M. Schuetze

From Issue: 2018 September

There but for the grace of God go you

A local plaintiff’s lawyer gets ensnared in a “BEC” scam

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2018 September

OCTLA Gives Back

Association has raised over $1 million to help Orange County children and families in need

Geraldine Ly

From Issue: 2018 September

How insurers are using HIPAA to shield their conduct from scrutiny

HIPAA does not prohibit the production of the administrative record to a plaintiff; it in fact requires it

Christian J. Garris

From Issue: 2018 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 Coleman
Ryan Opgenorth

From Issue: 2018 September