The “genuine dispute” defense: Overused and abused

Like the boy who cried “wolf,” insurers will cry “genuine dispute” to try to limit their liability

David Lilienstein
Travis M. Corby

From Issue: 2013 June

That’s not our policy

Lessons learned from the bad-faith front lines

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2016 September

Take it to the limit

Overcoming the inherent challenges when negotiating policy limits cases

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2018 November

Mediation of a bad-faith case

When the insurance company has “skin in the game”

Arnie Levinson

From Issue: 2014 September

Long-term care lawsuits: Sadly, a growth industry

Actions are increasingly based more on emotion and psychological trauma than true abuse or neglect

David Hahklotubbe

From Issue: 2010 January

Helping just feels good

Taking an insurance carrier to task for wrongdoing is satisfying – even if you don’t get paid

Chuck Geerhart

From Issue: 2016 September

The duty-to-settle analysis after Pinto

Was the insurer’s failure to settle the result of unreasonable conduct on the part of the insurer?

Ricardo Echeverria

From Issue: 2022 November

Taking the lid off the policy

Here are the initial steps you must take if your case is worth more than the policy limits

Gregory L. Bentley

From Issue: 2012 June

Rethinking damages for breach of an insurance contract

Restoring balance between insurers and their insureds. Why must we prove that the carrier acted unreasonably?

Michael L. Cohen

From Issue: 2022 December

Mediation confidentiality and insurance bad faith

Don’t let the law of mediation confidentiality keep your offer to settle out of evidence in a bad-faith action

Alexander F. Stuart

From Issue: 2015 September

Insurance bad-faith mediations

Bad-faith cases rarely settle on the day of mediation. Are unrealistic client expectations to blame, or is the insurer just testing plaintiff’s resolve?

Terrence J. Coleman

From Issue: 2019 September

Emotional-distress damages in insurance bad-faith cases

These damages require proving bad faith and that the emotional distress is incidental to economic injury caused by the insurer

Bill Foster

From Issue: 2025 April