by Miller Calhoon Law | Dec 31, 2017 | Articles
By Patrick A. Calhoon Insurers often attempt to defend their claims decisions by relying on the advice and opinions of hired experts. As if it’s a force-field that protects bad claim decisions from any legal recourse, the so called “genuine dispute doctrine” defense...
by Miller Calhoon Law | Aug 31, 2017 | Articles
By: Patrick A. Calhoon In the last edition of the Trial Bar News we reviewed Barickman v. Mercury Cas. Co. (2016) 2 Cal. App. 5th 508 and Mercury’s attempt to dodge an “open policy” argument arising from its failure to settle a case for the policy limits of $30,000....
by Miller Calhoon Law | Jun 30, 2017 | Articles
By Patrick A. Calhoon In Barickman v. Mercury Cas. Co. (2016) 2 Cal. App. 5th 508, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a $3 million judgment arising from Mercury’s failure to settle a case for the policy limits of $30,000. How did that happen you ask? Believe it...
by Miller Calhoon Law | Apr 30, 2017 | Articles
By Patrick A. Calhoon Let’s face it, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) is the bane of a bad faith attorney’s existence. Nothing is worse than getting a call from a potential client who describes what sounds like the most ridiculous and baseless...
by Miller Calhoon Law | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles
By Patrick A. Calhoon The uninsured motorist arbitrator awarded your client a decent amount of money. It wasn’t the policy limits that you demanded, but it was an okay amount. The frustrating thing is that it took years to get to the arbitration and make the insurance...
