Following a rear-end collision, a pair of Atlanta attorneys offered to settle their client's injury complaint for a $100,000 policy limit, but the defendant's insurer declined.
"With negotiations concluded, Allstate ultimately paid $500,000, which was $400,000 more than what the company was contractually required to pay," said plaintiff counsel.
The daughter of a man who died of COVID wants State Auto to cover damage she discovered after evicting the man's nephew, who had moved into the home without permission.
"We went in and did this form of alternative dispute resolution, ... and they said, 'We're not paying. We want to present our defenses,'" plaintiff counsel said about Heritage Property and Casualty Co.
The complaint alleges that the defendant's actions with respect to the unauthorized use of the Travelers Marks have damaged and irreparably injured Travelers and its associated entities.
The insurer refused the claim because it determined that the hurricane caused only minor damage to the property, and that the cost of any repairs was less than the insurance policy's deductible.