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Insurance Law
Insurance Law
Pollak, Vida & Barer defends insurers in bad faith cases, and tries a number of large exposure cases to verdict every year.
In the coverage arena, we counsel insurers on all aspects of personal, commercial, and professional liability coverages. Our work has generated noteworthy appellate decisions, including Mercado v. Allstate (9th Cir. 2003) 340 F.3d 824; Berry v. Commercial Union Ins. Co. (1996) 87 F.3d 387; Monteleone v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1996) 51 Cal.App.4th 509; Austin v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 1812; Utley v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1993) 19 Cal.App.4th 815; Chamberlain v. Allstate Ins. Co. (9th Cir. 1991) 931 F.2d 1361.
The firm handles all facets of property claims including investigation, coverage opinions, appraisal proceedings, and trials. It has a depth of experience in handling arson, theft, and other suspicious claims.
The firm also renders coverage advice to public entity JPAs -- risk sharing pools among public entities that operate to provide liability coverage to their members. The firm's services include handling the interrelationships among JPAs, their members, and their excess insurers.
For more information, contact Scott Vida (scott@pollakvida.com)
Partner Daniel P. Barer
regularly posts articles to his "Weblawg," Government Liability Update. His blog is invaluable for public entities to keep abreast of important developments in California public entity tort liability. Click on the link, below to go to the blog.
Daniel Barer
is also the author of The Claim Book. This book is of incredible value to public entities, and is available free of charge from Pollak, Vida & Barer in PDF format, only
to California public entities and their attorneys.
Partner Scott J. Vida
is the author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Liability Insurance Coverage for Rental Vehicle Accidents. It is available free of charge in PDF format, only
to insurance claim professionals .
To request a copy of either of these publications, send an email to law@pollakvida.com. Please let us know in your email your qualification to receive either publication. Thank you.
Contact Us
If you are looking for an insurance defense or public entity defense law firm with substantial trial, arbitration, and appellate experience, in both state and federal court, you’ll find all that and more, at
Pollak, Vida & Barer.
Contact info
11500 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 551-3400
law@pollakvida.com
