Pursuing Insurance Bad Faith Claims Over Personal Injury Claim Delays, Denials and Low Ball Offers
Considerations and Best Practices for Proving Bad Faith and Maximizing Damages
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide guidance to personal injury attorneys for pursuing and maximizing recovery in insurance bad faith cases related to an auto accident, slip and fall, wrongful death or other personal injury claim. The panel will review the type of wrongful conduct that supports a bad faith claim or lawsuit, litigation techniques, and the types of damages recoverable.
Outline
- What constitutes bad faith
- First-party claims
- Third-party claims
- Proving a bad faith claim
- Pre-suit investigation
- Pleadings
- Discovery
- Use of expert witnesses
- Depositions: useful tips
- Summary judgment
- Trial preparation
- Recoverable damages
- Compensatory
- Punitives
Benefits
The panel will address these and other key issues:
- What types of insurer conduct will help support a bad faith claim or lawsuit?
- What mistakes do personal injury attorneys frequently make when handling insurance bad faith claims?
- What trial techniques have been effective for personal injury attorneys to prove bad faith and maximize damages?
Faculty
Scott Glovsky
Founder
Scott Glovsky
Mr. Glovsky's practice focuses on civil trial law, including insurance bad faith, catastrophic personal injury, and... | Read More
Mr. Glovsky's practice focuses on civil trial law, including insurance bad faith, catastrophic personal injury, and health-related cases. His insurance cases include representing clients in a wide range of cases with health, life, disability, property and liability insurers. His cases have been profiled on CNN and the other major networks.
CloseBrian S. Kabateck
Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck Brown Kellner
Mr. Kabateck's practice focuses on the areas of personal injury, insurance bad faith, pharmaceutical litigation,... | Read More
Mr. Kabateck's practice focuses on the areas of personal injury, insurance bad faith, pharmaceutical litigation, wrongful death, class action, mass torts and disaster litigation. His vigorous litigation on behalf of his clients has netted more than a billion dollars in recoveries. He is a frequent analyst for national, local and legal media outlets and often speaks at seminars, law schools and industry events.
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