Gidget Swanson claimed injury from a motor vehicle accident. She said that a red car hit her from behind and pushed her into the car ahead of her. She said that the red car drove away and was never identified. She presented an uninsured motorist claim to her auto insurance company Acuity. The claim was […]
A Witness Not Timely Disclosed Cannot Be Used At Trial Unless The Failure To Disclose Is Substantially Justified
Where An Insurance Company Breaches Its Duty To Defend, It Can Be Liable For An Excess Verdict Even If The Company Did Not Act In Bad Faith
Ryan Pretner suffered critical injuries when he was hit by a truck driven by Michael Vasquez. Mr. Vasquez’s truck was covered by two auto policies, his personal policy, and his business auto policy. His personal insurance with Progressive had a limit of $100,000 per person. His commercial auto policy with Century Surety Company had a […]
The Carmack Amendment Preempts State Insurance Law Claims For Bad Faith And Unfair Claims Settlement Practices.
Mills & Associates’ practice focuses in a limited number of areas. Two practice areas of interests are insurance bad faith law and trucking law. So it is always interesting to find a case that we can blog about that that touches on both areas. This is one of those cases. The Nichols family hired Mayflower Transit, […]
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Never Say Never
Recently, Mills & Associates logged into a webcast sponsored by an insurance industry organization. The webcast’s expert panel was convened to discuss how defense attorneys could better improve the “insurance defense relationship”. As I listened to the panel members, it was reinforced to me how much insurance companies like to…