Pillsbury & Coleman successfully demurred to an insurance carrier’s claim that its excess insurance policy should be reformed to reflect more limited coverage that would have barred the insured’s claim for delay in completion benefits.  The insured, a developer of a large condominium project, suffered tens of millions in damages when its

Pillsbury & Coleman managing partner Ryan Opgenorth recovered millions in unpaid cyber insurance benefits. The insured, a prominent technology company, suffered a shutdown of its website that resulted in a significant disruption of its business and millions in lost revenue. The shutdown was clearly a covered loss, but the insurance carrier refused

An Alameda County jury returned a verdict against Truck Insurance Exchange, one of the Farmers Group of Companies, finding that Farmers acted in bad faith in refusing to defend its insured in an underlying dog mauling lawsuit that resulted in a $10 million judgment ($13.1 million with interest) against its insured. Liang,

Managing partner Ryan Opgenorth successfully represented a homeowner to recover the benefits of his homeowners insurance policy following a tree fall that decimated his home. The insurance carrier grossly underestimated the repair costs relying on estimates from third parties who either have never built a home or did not work in the

Our case of Y.L. et al., v. Truck Insurance Exchange, et al., Case No. 24 CV063297, went to jury trial in Alameda County Superior Court in November 2025.  The jury found that Truck Insurance Exchange, a member of the massive Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, acted in bad faith when it refused

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 Exchange, a member of the massive Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, wrongfully

…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

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

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,

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