Insurance
Nov. 2, 2010
Bad Faith Developments
A recent state appellate decision addresses issues arising from insurance bad faith litigation.
Rex Heeseman
JAMS
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Stanford Univ Law School
Rex Heeseman retired from the Los Angeles Count Superior Court bench in 2014. He is at JAMS, Los Angeles. Besides speaking at various MCLE programs, he co-authors The Rutter Group's practice guide on "Insurance Litigation." From 2002 to 2015, he was an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School.
Howard v. Amer. Nat. Fire Ins. Co., 2010 DJDAR 12520, commented upon several issues which sometimes surface in insurance bad faith litigation, specifically: an insurer's duty to investigate; an insurer's duty to settle when other insurers are also on the risk and the dispute relates to a case's "value"; the impact of various policy limits; an insurer's obligation to indemnify after an adverse judgment; and, a policyholder's rights with respect to the recovery of Brandt fees...
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