GMSR Successfully Defends Insurer In Bad Faith Action
An insured of GMSR’s client, Farmers Insurance, was injured when another driver rear-ended his car. He sued the other driver, and she sued him back, not for the accident, but for an alleged verbal assault that occurred after the accident. Farmers declined to defend the
GMSR wins affirmance of judgment for insurer in insurance coverage dispute
An insured and his wife held two policies with a particular insurer, GMSR’s client: a homeowners’ policy covering their own home and a special-dwelling policy covering a subdivided rental home. The insured also had an auto coverage policy with a different carrier. Both houses were
GMSR wins appeal in contract dispute between insurers
National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Great American Ins. Co. (Mar. 1, 2017, B264238) 2017 WL 784661. 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
Court of Appeal holds that GMSR’s landlord clients had no duty to inspect tenants’ unit for dangerous bombmaking activities
Garcia v. Holt (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 600 (California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One) [published]. GMSR’s landlord clients rented their single family home to a couple month to month. The landlords had no reason to suspect that one of the tenants was manufacturing
GMSR obtains writ directing summary judgment in favor of insurer on bad faith claim
21st Century Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th 322 (California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two) [published]. 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
Court of Appeal holds that motor vehicle exclusion in a homeowners insurance policy applies to negligent supervision of a child killed by the family vehicle
Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Superior Court (Bautista) (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 1199 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven) [published]. Despite tragic facts, the Court of Appeal issued a writ of mandate, holding that GMSR’s insurance-carrier client owed no coverage under a homeowners insurance
Court of Appeal affirms judgment for GMSR’s insurance carrier client in a coverage dispute involving “other structures”
Adamo v. Fire Insurance Exchange (2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 1286 (California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One) [published]. When San Diego wildfires damaged landscaping on a homeowner’s property and several detached outbuildings, GMSR’s insurance-carrier client reimbursed the homeowner’s losses in excess of $100,000, exhausting
GMSR obtains writ of mandate preventing disclosure of attorney-client privileged documents and communications
Truck Insurance Exchange v. Superior Court (Golden State Developers, Inc.) (2013) 2013 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5487 (California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division One) [unpublished]. In an insurance coverage dispute, the trial court, purporting to apply the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege, ordered
Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for GMSR’s client, rejecting insurance coverage of slow, continuous water leak
Brown et al. v. Mid-Century Insurance Company (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 841 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven) [published]. A water pipe corroded over several decades until water began to leak from two small holes and collect underneath the insureds’ house. The leak
Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment in favor of GMSR’s carrier client in first-party coverage dispute
Cardio Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. v. Farmers Group, Inc. et al. (2012) 212 Cal.App.4th 69 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two) [published]. When a sewer backed up in the building where plaintiff had its office, water overflowed a toilet in an upper-floor office
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