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Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation and Counseling

Insurance Coverage and Insurance Litigation Attorneys in Missouri and Throughout the U.S.

At Goldstein and Price, L.C., our lawyers represent insurance companies in lawsuits involving disputes about insurance coverage and bad faith. We also handle subrogation matters and counsel insurance companies about a broad variety of legal issues that affect their business.

We have represented insurance companies regarding a broad array of issues related to comprehensive general liability, marine, pollution, cargo, professional liability, property, travel and other commercial and personal lines policies throughout the United States. Our experience includes substantial and complex disputes in which we have been able to avoid or minimize liability for our clients by obtaining summary disposition on bad faith claims, the enforceability of the pollution exclusion and late notice conditions, and the alleged obligation of an excess or umbrella underwriter to “drop down” in place of a primary carrier. Underwriting companies also frequently contact us for legal advice concerning policy language and claims handling, to prepare insurance coverage opinions and reservation of rights letters, and to prosecute or defend declaratory judgment and subrogation actions.

The following examples are representative of our practice:

  • C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Co. v. Home Insurance Co., et al. No. CV99-N-1663-E, N.D. Ala., Eastern Div., reported in Mealey’s Litigation Report: Insurance, Vol. 16, #7, December 18, 2001 (obtained summary judgment for insurer in federal court, in Alabama, based upon late notice and the pollution exclusion);
  • Glickman, Inc. v. Home Ins. Co., 86 F.3d 997 (10th Cir. (Kan.) 1996) (obtained summary judgment for insurer in federal court in Kansas, affirmed on appeal, on bad faith pollution claim brought by the Anderson Kill firm);
  • In 2006, we obtained and collected a judgment in Utah for several hundred thousand dollars, for a subrogated insurer, in a case arising from damage to a piece of heavy equipment.

Please contact Goldstein and Price, L.C. to learn more about our insurance coverage practice.