With more than 35 years of experience representing plaintiffs who have sustained serious personal injuries or financial losses, the trial lawyers of BIREN|KATZMAN have successfully handled hundreds of cases, collecting more than $250 million for our clients. The following case is just one example:
DOE-1 V. ROE-1 INSURANCE COMPANY
Insurance Company Settles Bad Faith Case For $3.35 Million With Man Whose Dog Caused Accident
INSURANCE COMPANY SETTLES BAD FAITH CASE FOR $3.35 MILLION WITH MAN WHOSE DOG CAUSED CAR ACCIDENT
Doe-1's dog ran into the street from the yard of his condominium, causing a city truck to swerve and two gardeners to fall out of the back end, where they were sitting. One gardener sustained brain damage and the other very serious orthopedic injuries.
Lawyers for the two gardeners offered to settle for Doe-1's insurance limits of $100,000, but his homeowner's insurance company stood on technicalities and refused to settle. As a result, that case proceeded to trial and a verdict for $2.6 million was returned against Doe-1.
The insurance company then paid the $100,000 policy limits, but this left Doe-1 on the hook for $2.5 million more. BIREN|KATZMAN brought a bad faith claim on behalf of Doe-1 against his own insurance company. After proving through discovery that the insurance company did not have good cause for initially failing to settle the case within policy limits, the carrier settled the underlying claim by paying the remaining $2.5 million due on the judgment and paying S.Z. an additional $835,000 as compensation for his emotional distress.
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