Insurance,
Civil Rights
Oct. 7, 2019
Conditional settlement demands: defusing third-parties’ tactics
California Supreme Court Justice Otto Kaus once prophetically said, “It seems to me that attorneys who handle policy claims against insurance companies are no longer interested in collecting on those claims, but spend their wits and energies trying to maneuver the insurers into committing acts which the insureds can later trot out as evidence of bad faith.” Thirty years later, these schemes are becoming increasingly popular.
Albert K. Alikin
Partner
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Email: aalikin@goldbergsegalla.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Albert is a highly experienced litigator who focuses his practice on counseling clients in complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes involving E&O, D&O, fidelity, EPLI, automobile/UIM, property, cyber, and CGL policies. Al has prevailed in trial and appellate courts throughout California and across the nation. He has also represented a wide variety of insurance industry clients such as insurance brokers, agents, and third-party administrators in professional liability actions.
Landon Greene
Associate
Goldberg Segalla
Email: lgreene@goldbergsegalla.com
Landon, an associate in the firm's Global Insurance Services and General Liability groups, focuses his practice on representing regional, national, and global insurers in a variety of complex coverage disputes relating to personal, commercial, umbrella, and reinsurance policies, as well as defending bad faith claims. He draws on experience working for a multinational investment bank and financial services corporation, where he provided regulatory advice on corporate compliance matters.
Over 30 years ago, the late California Supreme Court Justice Otto Kaus prophetically said, "It seems to me that attorneys who handle policy claims against insurance companies are no longer interested in collecting on those claims, but spend their wits and energies trying to maneuver the insurers into committing acts which the insureds can later trot out as evidence of bad faith." White v. Western Title Ins. Co., 40 Cal. 3d 870, 900-01 n.2 (...
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