Clearing Up Murky Waters: Insurer’s Duty to Settle. Daily Journal Publishes McKennon Law Group PC Article.

The October 29, 2013 edition of the Los Angeles Daily Journal featured Robert McKennon’s article entitled:  “Clearing Up Murky Waters: Insurer’s Duty to Settle.”  In it, Mr. McKennon discusses the  California Court of Appeal’s decision in Reid v. Mercury Insurance...

Robert J. McKennon Quoted by Law360

Robert J. McKennon was recently extensively quoted in an article which appeared on October 23, 2013 in the highly respected legal news service Law360 entitled “California Court Releases Insurers From Strict Duty To Settle” discussing when an insurer’s duty to settle...

Want to Open Up the Policy Limits on a Policy? Try Making a Section 998 Offer Above Policy Limits and You Just May Be Able to Do It

Can a pretrial California Code of Civil Procedure section 998 offer to settle above an insurer’s policy limits result in opening up a policy’s liability limits?  Interestingly, a California Court of Appeal has said “yes” to this question under certain limited...

Alas, A Very Hot Issue in California Insurance Law is Decided (At Least for Now): Insurers Have No Affirmative Duty to Settle as Long as They Do Not Foreclose the Possibility of Settlement and/or Absent a Within-Policy-Limits Settlement Demand

One of the hottest issues in California insurance law has been whether a breach of the good faith duty to settle can be found in the absence of a within-policy-limits settlement demand, thus giving rise to an insurer’s liability for an excess judgment. The frenzy of...