On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Oct 29, 2013 | Breach of Contract, Duty to Settle, Firm News, Insurance Bad Faith
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...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Oct 24, 2013 | Firm News, News Blog
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...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Oct 18, 2013 | Breach of Contract, Duty to Settle, Firm News, Insurance Bad Faith
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...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Oct 18, 2013 | Breach of Contract, Duty to Settle, Firm News, Insurance Bad Faith
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...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Oct 16, 2013 | Case Updates, Duty to Defend, Firm News, Policy Interpretation
Insurers providing general liability insurance cannot shirk their duty to defend insureds at the outset of litigation by relying on self-insured retention (SIR) provisions in those policies unless the policies expressly and unambiguously make the insurer’s duty to...