Insurance
Jul. 16, 1999
Cash and Carriers
By Kirk A. Pasich Most liability insurance policies, including comprehensive or commercial general liability policies, impose a duty to defend on the carrier. In many situations, an insured is entitled to select independent defense counsel, whose fees and expenses must be paid for by one or more carriers. See Civil Code Section 2860. In many situations, when a carrier has acted in bad faith, an insured also is entitled to recover from the carrier the attorney fees and expenses it incurs in
By Kirk A. Pasich
Most liability insurance policies, including comprehensive or commercial general liability policies, impose a duty to defend on the carrier. In many situations, an insured is entitled to select independent defense counsel, whose fees and expenses must be paid for by one or more carriers. See Civil Code Sect...
Most liability insurance policies, including comprehensive or commercial general liability policies, impose a duty to defend on the carrier. In many situations, an insured is entitled to select independent defense counsel, whose fees and expenses must be paid for by one or more carriers. See Civil Code Sect...
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