When a professional liability insurer stopped defending a lawyer’s malpractice case right before trial, we stepped in and forced the insurance company to meet its obligation to provide and pay for attorneys to defend the lawsuit.
Sometimes insurance companies pull the plug on defending a case right in the middle of a lawsuit. Our client, a successful law firm, was sued for malpractice by one of its former clients. The law firm’s professional liability insurer defended the malpractice case but abruptly pulled out on the eve of trial, claiming a failure of “cooperation” by our client.
We brought an immediate lawsuit against the insurance company, successfully delayed the malpractice trial, and then forced the insurance company into direct talks with the plaintiff’s lawyer representing the firm’s former client. We mediated a successful resolution, avoided two trials, and brought both cases to a quick and amicable resolution.
Evan S. Schwartz
Founder of Schwartz, Conroy & Hack
800-745-1755
ESS@schwartzlawpc.com