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In a bad faith case, use of an "insurance" expert can be discretionary. Numerous cases have held that it is not necessary to use an expert to prove bad faith. For example, in DeChant v. Monarch Life Insurance Company, (1996) 200 Wis. [...]

Discovery is tedious, monotonous, boring, repetitive, time consuming and unexciting. Nevertheless, most victories at trial or good settlements depend on the quality of the discovery that takes place before. Plaintiffs' firms are usually much smaller and have fewer resources than [...]

Millions of disability insurance policies were sold to psychiatrists, surgeons, and other medical professionals during the 1980s and 1990s. At that time, interest rates were high, and insurance companies were guaranteed high returns on the billions of premium dollars these [...]

On February 3, 2002, a unanimous federal jury awarded our client, Joan Hangarter, $7.7 million in damages against Paul Revere Insurance and UnumProvident Corporation for bad faith denial of disability benefits. Included in the jury's award was $5 million dollars [...]

1. What Is Expert Opinion In An Insurance Bad Faith Case? "Bad Faith" as that term is used by the Courts in insurance coverage cases, simply means an unreasonable denial of benefits including an unreasonable denial of the duty to defend. [...]