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

“Disability Claims and the Statute of Limitations” BENNETT V. OHIO NATIONAL:WITHHOLDING OF BENEFITS IN THE FUTURE DOES NOTSTART THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN THE PRESENT If an insurer currently paying benefits tells its insured that it will stop paying benefits in the future, does the statute of limitations for the insured to

It is an all too common occurrence that disability insurance carriers will rely on an insured’s part-time work status as a basis to deny disability benefits altogether.  This was the case for a Stanford family medicine doctor of almost 30 years, who was forced to reduce her employment to 50% due to

The performance of an insurer’s claim staff is a key fact issue in cases involving an insurer’s unreasonable denial of insurance benefits in bad faith.  Performance evaluations for claims staff involved in the denial of a claim are often one of the main sources of discovery that sheds light on the reasonableness or

$40,000,000 Combined Settlement Case Issue:       Insurance bad faith, denial of property insurance benefits Result:             8-figure settlement Our client was a Homeowners Association whose members included time share owners of a resort property in Napa County, California.  The resort burned to the ground as a result of a wildfire.  The client sought

In a significant decision – the first of its kind in California – the Napa County Superior Court struck down five separate Occurrence Limit of Liability Endorsements (“OLL Endorsements”) that insurers were relying upon to limit coverage for a significant fire loss.  Commercial insurers often employ OLL Endorsements as a mechanism for

Commercial property insurers have routinely sought to limit their exposure for damage to particular buildings or properties by attaching so-called Occurrence Limit of Liability Endorsements (“OLL Endorsements”) to their policies.  These endorsements purport to limit each carrier’s exposure to the specific values assigned to each building or property.  They are almost always