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If your practice involves insurance bad faith claims, our program offers the kind of insight you cannot afford to miss! Our All-Star panel of litigators and a preeminent judge will share insight and experience that will enable you to take your practice to the next level.
Learn how to prepare insurance cases, including disability, HMO, senior citizen, class actions and commercial claims. Hear key trial techniques and strategies. Get an insider's perspective on punitive damages post-Campbell. And, find out how to uncover your opponent's most guarded secrets through email discovery.
If you litigate insurance bad faith cases, this program is a must!
HIGHLIGHTS:
BAD FAITH IN HEALTH INSURANCE
- The battle over post-claims underwriting
- Medical necessity
- Discovery tips
- Proving punitive damages
COVERAGE ISSUES IN BUSINESS CASES
- Duty to defend
- Liability for defense costs and indemnity
- Protecting your corporate client
PROPERTY
- Helping your client get through the adjustment process
- Bad faith issues in property claims
- Handling underinsurance issues
DISABILITY INSURANCE
- Preparing the individual bad faith case: discovery, claim depos, genuine dispute doctrine, appropriate care, surveillance, trial themes
- Litigating the long-term ERISA disability claim: deadlines, administrative appeals, "Abatie discovery," de novo vs. discretionary clauses
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
- Policy features, advantages and benefit provisions
- Claim issues, denials, treble damages
- Premium rate increase, institutional issues
APPELLATE 2008 UPDATE
- The interplay between the duty to investigate and the genuine-dispute rule
- Does the genuine-dispute issue go to the jury?
- The three most important bad faith cases of the year
A VIEW FROM THE BENCH
- The application of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
- The Wilson decision and the insurer's duty to investigate
- The evolution and current status of the genuine-dispute doctrine
- The twists and turns of punitive damages
EXPOSING YOUR OPPONENT'S SECRETS THROUGH EMAIL DISCOVERY
- Proving intent - email
- Proving pattern and practice - databases
- Power tools to reduce ESI review and management costs
| Practice Areas: | | | | Online Media Type: | | Video, Audio | | Production Date: | | 10/03/2008 | | Level: | | Intermediate | | Category: | | Standard | | Duration: | | 5 Hours, 54 Minutes | | Online Format: | | On Demand | | Course Type: | | Public |
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| • | William M. Shernoff - Shernoff Bidart Darras & Echeverria, LLP, Claremont; Program Co-Director
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