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When a policyholder and insurer disagree as to the amount of loss or damage suffered by the policyholder, property insurance policies typically include appraisal provisions wherein a party can request an appraisal. In...

In California, a party to a case has the right to demand the exchange of expert witness information. At times, expert witnesses can make or break a case, as demonstrated in a recent California Court of Appeal decision, Perry...

In DuBeck v. California Physicians’ Service (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 1254, the Court of Appeal analyzed whether a health insurer waived its right to rescind its policy. On February 11, 2005, the insured visited the...

In a recent California decision, the court in Maslo v. Ameriprise Auto & Home Ins. (2014) 2014 Cal.App. LEXIS 564 held that an insured can pursue a bad faith claim against an insurer when the insurer failed to investigate...

In a recent case, the California Court of Appeal found that for purposes of determining whether an additional insured to an excess and umbrella liability policy is entitled to a defense by an insurer, the reasonable...