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Nede Mgmt., Inc. v. Aspen American Ins. Co. (2021) 68 Cal.App.5th 1121

Court of Appeal rejects insureds’ Cumis claims and affirms judgment for insurer

Durment v. Burlington Insurance Company (9th Cir. 2020) 820 Fed.Appx. 561

Underlying this insurance bad faith dispute was a lawsuit involving alleged breaches of a joint venture agreement and an intellectual property agreement.  The insurers failed to defend the policyholders against an amended complaint tendered to the insurers on the eve of trial.  The policyholders then

Picazzo v. C.W. Driver, Inc. (Feb. 28, 2020, B289070) 2020 WL 967087 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR obtains $2.8 million appellate victory for workers’ compensation carrier

Endurance American Specialty Insurance Company v. Bennington Group, LLC (Jan. 31, 2020, B285909) 2020 WL 502631 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment in favor of insurance carrier, foreclosing $11 million claim

United Farmers Agents Association, Inc. v. Farmers Group, Inc. (2019) 32 Cal.App.5th 478

An insurance company can terminate its agents for reasons not specifically listed in the governing agency agreements

Yu v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 102

Court of Appeal affirms trial court’s order voiding jurisdictionally invalid default judgment

Smith v. Farmers Group, Inc. (May 14, 2018, B266242) 2018 WL 2192426 [nonpublished opinion]

Defendants were not collaterally estopped from asserting plaintiff’s independent-contractor status

Nat’l Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Great American Ins. Company (March 1, 2017, B264238) 2017 WL 784661 [nonpublished opinion]

Hundreds of diners developed hepatitis, and several died, after consuming tainted green onions.  Two insurers of a company in the distribution chain agreed to transfer control of (at least) that company’s defense to the insurer with greater policy limits.  Years later, a jury found that

Garcia v. Holt (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 600

Court of Appeal holds that GMSR’s landlord clients had no duty to inspect tenants’ unit for dangerous bombmaking activities

21st Century Insurance Co. v. Superior Court (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th 322

Plaintiff was injured in an auto accident. He sued the insured. The carrier, GMSR’s client, defended under a $100,000 limits policy. The plaintiff and the insured claimed that two other policies with $25,000 limits each also provided coverage. The plaintiff refused the carrier’s offer of