Insurance
Jan. 11, 2014
When insurers' litigation tactics become a liability
Public policy has promoted the adversarial process by giving special protections to conduct in the course of litigation. But the rules can change in the context of insurance bad faith actions.
Joshua H. Haffner
Attorney
Haffner Law PC
Phone: (213) 514-5681
Email: jhh@haffnerlawyers.com
UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA
Litigation is by its very nature an adversarial process. Attorneys are encouraged to be fierce advocates and zealously protect their clients' rights. For the most part, public policy has promoted this system by giving special protections to conduct in the course of litigation. The purpose of the litigation privilege is to "afford litigants and witnesses the utmost freedom of access to the courts without fear of being harassed subsequently by derivative tort actions." Flatley v. Mauro<...
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