Insurance
Jul. 14, 2007
Genuine Dispute
The California Supreme Court is getting ready to resolve a major conflict in insurance suits.
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.
By Rex Heeseman
A while ago, California courts started to grant pretrial motions for summary adjudication against a bad-faith claim for extracontractual damages (compensatory and punitive). The courts initially implemented this procedure if an insurer provided a sufficiently persuasive rationale for its position, whether ultimately correct or not, regarding a legal issue relating to the availability or the extent of ...
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