Civil Litigation,
Insurance
Oct. 12, 2013
New decision clarifies insurers' duty to provide a defense
A new decision clarifies when an insurer's duty to defend arises.
Linda D. Kornfeld
Partner
Blank Rome LLP
2029 Century Park East
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Email: lkornfeld@kasowitz.com
Linda serves as a chair of the Daily Journal's Women Leadership in Law conference taking place on May 2 in Beverly Hills, and will moderate the "#MeToo in the Legal Profession" panel.
Julia K. Holt
Of Counsel
Blank Rome LLP
Julia is in the firm's insurance recovery practice.
The duty of an insurer to provide a defense of potentially covered claims is a major reason for insureds to purchase commercial general liability insurance. And, in many instances, despite insurer efforts to argue for a contrary result, the duty to defend, or for an insurer to participate in an insured's defense is triggered at the outset of litigation, not at some later point after a policy's "self-insured retention" (SIR) has exhausted. The 4th District Court of Appeal recently reconfi...
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