Insurance Litigation and Coverage

The firm has provided representation to insurance companies and their insureds throughout its more than one-hundred year history. Clients of the firm include two of the nation’s largest general liability insurance companies. The firm counsels and litigates on behalf of clients in a wide variety of insurance-related matters, including:

• Advertising injury, media and intellectual property claims
• Bad faith claims
• Benefits disputes
• Casualty matters, including personal injury, accident and general liability
• Class action defense
• Environmental claims
• Medical and other professional negligence matters
• Professional liability claims in the legal and accounting fields
• Title insurance and real estate matters
• Workers compensation

Members of the firm have also represented insurance companies and covered parties in connection with insurance coverage disputes, drawing on decades of experience in interpreting the requirements and obligations imposed under all manner of insurance policies.

The firm has also represented insurance companies in connection with premium fraud issues in the workers compensation area, recovering millions of dollars in unpaid workers compensation premiums on behalf of several insurers, underwriters, and insurance pools.

Members of the practice group include:

• Taylor A. Cates
• Stephen D. Crawley
• Scott J. Crosby
• R. Porter Feild
• Molly Glover
• David E. Goodman Jr.
• Melissa A. Maravich
• John R. McCann
• Melisa Moore
• Charles F. Newman
• Eric J. Plumley
• Joel Porter
• W. Rowlett Scott
• Frank B. Thacher III