Defense verdict after a three-week jury trial. Inc. et al. Represented two insurers in a series of antitrust actions brought in Northern California. The plaintiffs were structured settlement brokers who asserted that there was a conspiracy to freeze them out of the structured settlements market. Loyola University of Los Angeles Representative Cases of Note Handled jury and court trials in state and federal courts in various parts of California.
Practice extends throughout the state.
Specializes in first-party bad faith actions brought on life, health or disability contracts. Also handles a variety of other types of insurance-related lawsuits, including wrongful termination and sexual harassment claims. The appellate court held that there was no vesting of medical insurance benefits, refusing to follow Fields v. Blue Shield. Sovereign Life Insurance Company v. a physcian. Obtained a judgment against a physician, after a seven-day jury trial.