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Litigation & Arbitration

Jan. 5, 2023

Pre-litigation settlement just got a lot more demanding

One of the outcomes of SB 1155 is that it imposes substantive requirements on pre-litigation time limited settlement demands.

David B. Ezra

Shareholder
Berger Khan

Email: dezra@bergerkahn.com

USC Law School; Los Angeles CA

Jamil Shaaban

Associate
Berger Kahn

Pre-litigation settlement demands are commonplace in motor vehicle and other injury situations likely to involve a party with liability insurance - such as an auto, homeowners or commercial liability policy. As of Jan. 1, several new California Code of Civil Procedures sections created strict new requirements for attorneys making time-limited settlement demands. This new law is a legislative response to the evolving problems stemming from the strategic and complex se...

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