Insurance
Oct. 16, 2012
More solace for insurance brokers in recent decisions
Though there are exceptions, recent decisions continue the long-standing trend of favoring brokers.
Rex Heeseman
JAMS
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Stanford Univ Law School
Rex Heeseman retired from the Los Angeles Count Superior Court bench in 2014. He is at JAMS, Los Angeles. Besides speaking at various MCLE programs, he co-authors The Rutter Group's practice guide on "Insurance Litigation." From 2002 to 2015, he was an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School.
Some standards "change," e.g., those with respect to the recovery of punitive damages, which long favored the plaintiff but the past 10 years have tilted towards the defendant. Another example is policyholder versus broker.
For a while, the broker often prevailed. For example in 1987, Jones v. Grewe, 189 Cal. App. 3d 950 (2-1 vote), pondered whether, even though the broker had taken care of the plaintiffs' "insurance needs" for many years, did he breach a duty with respect...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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