Insurance Bad Faith
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Insurance company inadvertently overpaid benefits to the beneficiary of an insurance policy by reason of a computer glitch and made claims of unjust enrichment and restitution. The policy holder made counter claims of bad faith and violation of Section 17200, California Bus.& Profs. Code. Settled.
- Bad faith action by an insured against his carrier and brokers following an adverse verdict, alleging an unreasonable refusal to settle the underlying case in which the insured who was a landlord had been sued for violating the San Francisco Rent Control Ordinance by a tenant. Settled.