Insurance
Jun. 25, 2016
Insured plaintiffs may be entitled to defense from their insurers
while insured defendants are accustomed to looking to their liability insurers for a defense to potentially covered claims, insured plaintiffs often overlook the possibility that they, too, may be entitled to a "defense" from their insurers. By Shaun H. Crosner
Shaun H. Crosner
Partner
Pasich LLP
Phone: (424) 313-7844
Email: scrosner@pasichllp.com
Shaun represents insureds in complex insurance matters.
As the California Supreme Court noted in Montrose Chemical Corp. of California v. Superior Court, 6 Cal. 4th 287 (1993), an "insured's desire to secure the right to call on the insurer's superior resources for the defense of third-party claims is, in all likelihood, typically as significant a motive for the purchase of insurance as is the wish to obtain indemnity for possible liability." But while insured defendants ar...
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