Insurance
Apr. 2, 2020
Can you sue insurance companies for emotional-distress damages?
The COVID-19 pandemic may give rise to a variety of novel insurance coverage disputes, and some of those disputes may include claims by policyholders for emotional distress due to a bad-faith claim denial.
Richard J. Doren
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 229-7000
Email: rdoren@gibsondunn.com
Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA
Michael Holecek
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLPThe COVID-19 pandemic may give rise to a variety of novel insurance coverage disputes, and some of those disputes may include claims by policyholders for emotional distress due to a bad-faith claim denial. In California, however, the right to emotional-distress damages in the context of an insurance bad-faith claim is hotly contested. Two older decisions from the California Court of Appeal created a split in the law — with one court ruling that a plaintiff may recover...
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