…And The Ability To Finally Obtain Justice For Child Mauled By Pitbull Trial is scheduled to begin on November 10, 2025, in Alameda Superior Court in Y.L. et al., v. Truck Insurance Exchange, et al., Case No. 24 CV063297. Pillsbury & Coleman filed the lawsuit in February 2024, alleging that Truck Insurance
P&C Files Cyber Insurance Bad Faith Action
Pillsbury & Coleman LLP recently filed a cyber insurance bad faith action on behalf of its client, Roblox Corporation, against insurance carrier Arch Specialty Insurance Company. The complaint seeks to recover unpaid business interruption losses from Arch resulting from a cyber event that interrupted Roblox’s online social gaming platform for more than
The Growing Importance of Cyber Insurance in a Digital World
Pillsbury & Coleman managing partner Ryan Opgenorth recently secured coverage for a technology company in a dispute over the development of a customized digital platform for processing healthcare claims. The insured faced allegations that the platform failed to perform as advertised and that it resulted in over $150,000,000 in overpayments, lost profits,
Protecting Clients From Verdicts In Excess Of Their Policy Limits
One of the more challenging aspects of a personal injury action is the interaction between the insured defendant and their insurance carriers. In a recent matter, Blake Williams of Pillsbury & Coleman represented a client who was in a car accident that severely injured a passenger. Following the accident, the passenger informed
Pillsbury & Coleman Secures Long-Term Care Benefits For Injured Worker
Our client was a technology support analyst who purchased a life insurance policy with a long-term care rider through her prior employer, the local sheriff’s department. She suffered work-related injuries to her neck, shoulders, and hands, and had also undergone multiple foot surgeries. The insurance carrier, Combined, a Chubb company, initially approved
Pillsbury & Coleman Secures A Policy Limits Settlement Despite An Active Coverage Dispute
Rick Larson of Pillsbury & Coleman orchestrated a settlement of a wrongful death suit for payment of the policy limits to the victim’s family by the homeowners insurer of the perpetrator. The insured shot and killed the victim, but lacked the mental capacity to stand for a criminal trial. The insurer relied on
San Francisco Chronicle Refers to P&C’s Landmark $575,000,000 Settlement
On the heels of Pillsbury & Coleman LLP’s landmark $575,000,000 settlement with Sutter Health, which included a 10-year injunction against anti-competitive practices, new research from University of Southern California health economists has found evidence that Sutter Health began implementing alleged anticompetitive contracting practices in the early 2000’s that resulted in prices 30%
Defense Secured for Non-Profit Norcal Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Pillsbury & Coleman partner Ryan Opgenorth and his team successfully compelled insurance carrier Great American to defend its non-profit insured Norcal Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing in an action pending in Sacramento County Superior Court. The defense was owed under a Directors & Officers Liability Policy that required claims
Settlement for Plumber and Family-Owned Contractor in Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Case
Pillsbury & Coleman partner Terry Coleman and his team obtained a confidential settlement for Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against Federated Mutual Insurance Company in San Francisco County Superior Court. In Matthew Howard, et. al v. Federated Mutual Insurance Company, et. al, Plaintiffs filed a breach of contract and bad faith action
Settlement for Stockton Dentist in Disability Insurance Action
Pillsbury & Coleman partner Terry Coleman and his team obtained a confidential settlement for Plaintiff Dr. Maywell Inong, DDS, in a lawsuit filed against Protective Life Insurance Company. Plaintiff became totally disabled from her occupation as a dentist as a result of bilateral thoracic outlet syndrome, which caused pain and weakness in