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Litigation & Arbitration

Apr. 4, 2024

There’s no crying in baseball or arbitrations

After losing in arbitration and assigning a client’s bad faith claim to the plaintiffs - who sued the insurer and obtained a large compensation – this story recounts why one attorney decided to switch sides.

Thomas A. Kearney

Founding Partner, Kearney Littlefield LLP

3436 N Verdugo Rd Ste 230
Glendale , CA 91208

Phone: (213) 473-1900

Email: tak@kearneylittlefield.com

Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA

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Slightly more than 25-years ago, with my career entering its middle age (yes, I’m that old), I worked for a host of insurance carriers, defending their insureds against catastrophic injury claims. Around that time, I was retained to defend against a wrongful death action brought by a widower and his two late-teen daughters for the death of their wife and mother. Mom was a highly popular teacher at Laguna Beach High. My client killed her as he sped through a local cro...

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