The Ehrlich Law Firm News

Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich, Appeals Attorney
California Appellate Law Specialist

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Ehrlich Law Firm convinces U.S. District Judge to reconsider summary judgment for insurer in $8.2 million bad-faith lawsuit, allowing case to go to trial

June 2009 -- Lexington Insurance withdrew its defense of an obstetrician in a medical-malpractice lawsuit, and refused to settle the claim within its $1 million policy limits, resulting in an adverse judgment of $8.2 million. In the resulting bad-faith lawsuit, the district court granted summary judgment to Lexington in May 2009. The Ehrlich Law Firm prepared a motion for reconsideration arguing that the district court had incorrectly applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel, and that there were triable issues of fact concerning coverage. The motion was granted on June 24, 2009, and the matter is now set for trial in October 2009. Vaid-Raizada v. Lexington Ins. Co., CV08-01106 DDP (CTx) C.D. Cal.