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

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

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

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%

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

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

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

P&C attorney William A. Foster published and article in Plaintiff magazine: “Degrees Of Privacy In Federal Court: The three-way split on protection for mental-health-counseling records” by Bill Foster Some of the most contentious discovery disputes center on access to a plaintiff’s mental-health treatment records. Defense counsel regularly claim that an allegation of

For immediate release: Contact Carol Montoya [email protected] – (703) 683-5561 Ryan H. Opgenorth Admitted to American College of Coverage Counsel Ryan H. Opgenorth, Partner at Pillsbury & Coleman LLP, has become a fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC), the preeminent association who represent the interests of insurers and policyholders

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