Month: November 2019

A superior court could decide a factual issue necessary to determine coverage under an excess workers’ compensation insurance policy, even if the superior court’s finding might contradict a stipulated fact in an earlier workers’ compensation proceeding. (California Insurance Guarantee Association … Read More

California Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, which authorizes the dismissal of a “strategic lawsuit against public participation,” did not require dismissal of an insured’s bad faith lawsuit arising from an insurer’s failure to provide independent counsel. (Miller Marital Deduction … Read More