Perspective
May 25, 2013
When can insurance companies sue their coverage lawyers?
There has been a proliferation of suits where the coverage counsel provide substandard advice to defend claims which obviously fall outside of the policies at issue. By Joan M. Cotkin
Insurance coverage lawyers are sometimes called upon to serve as expert witnesses on the standards of practice applicable to coverage attorneys engaged by insurers to provide coverage advice. Less often, they are called upon to represent insurers who have suffered significant losses because their coverage counsel provided below-the-standard advice and potentially engaged in conflicts of interest perhaps breaching fiduciary duties.
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