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Insurance

Dec. 14, 2011

How to SLAPP a bad faith claim

Here are five insurance bad faith scenarios where the anti-SLAPP statute can be used. By Theona Zhordania of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP


By Theona Zhordania


Although California's anti-SLAPP statute will be celebrating its 20th birthday next year, it continues to be heavily litigated. One can hardly pick up an advance sheet without finding a new anti-SLAPP case. Surprisingly little attention, however, has been paid to its application in the context of insurance bad faith cases. In fact, there are five scenarios under which a successful anti-SLAPP motion can be brought against an insurance bad ...

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