Recent Posts in Bad Faith Insurance Claim Category
Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Chad Hemmat
This case started with a garden-variety two vehicle car crash. The at-fault driver was uninsured. At first, it seemed that the injured woman would only need conservative medical care, but the injuries ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2011 By Chad Hemmat
When an insurance company is on trial for its conduct, its best friends are "confusion, complexity, and distraction." Every argument an insurance company makes in response to a policyholder's ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
Will Rogers, the 1930's actor and comedian, once commented that Thanksgiving was originally about people with very little, giving thanks for a barely adequate harvest. He went on to comment that ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
As a trial lawyer for nearly 20 years, there is nothing like the thrill of knowing that you are standing up on the first day of trial on behalf of a deserving injury victim. Our motto always comes ...
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Posted on Jul 2, 2009 By Chad Hemmat
One of the most famous cases in which I was involved was the series of Bad Faith Insurance battles involving the family of Marco Gonzales verses Shelter Insurance Company. Marco may have been the ...
Continue reading "LESSONS LEARNED FROM MARCO: my littlest client" »