Property Insurance: As lead counsel we have handled major property losses of nearly every type. Real case examples:
- Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) & Contractor Controlled Insurance Program (CCIP) losses
- construction defects in completed facilities and large commercial buildings
- natural disasters including floods, hurricanes, lightning and earth movement
- explosions of industrial plants, chemical plants and pipelines
- accidental and arson fires
- collapses of buildings, roofs, bridges and mines
- earth subsidence and sink holes
- water intrusion through roofs, walls and window systems
- cargo loss during ocean, air, truck and rail transit
- marine hull loss
- damage to gantry cranes and construction cranes
- damage to marine terminals
- loss to bulk materials in storage or transport
- loss of warehoused property, farm animals, agricultural food products, forest products, timber, specialized industrial equipment, man-made specialty materials, high value machinery, computer systems, fine art, computer data and intangible property
- boiler ruptures and equipment failures
- fidelity risks
- and where significant, loss of non-commercial real and personal property.
Liability Insurance: As lead counsel, we have handled a wide variety of coverage litigations and/or handled the defense or prosecution of all types of insured liability exposures. Real case examples:
- liability arising from wrongful death, brain damage, limb loss and paralysis
- products liability from industrial machinery, chemicals and goods
- products liability from retail machinery, equipment and consumer goods
- liability for the errors and omissions by lawyers, doctors, engineers and architects
- liability for libel and slander, trademark and advertising disparagement
- director and officer liability of profit and non-profit organizations
- liability of insurers, brokers and agents
- liability of commercial businesses to invitees and trespassers
- environmental liability from industrial plants, chemical plants, petroleum operations, pollutant disposal and from accidents involving pipelines, motor carriers and trains
- liability for serious bodily injury and death arising from maritime accidents, oil rig accidents and long-shore operations
- liability from intrastate and interstate trucking accidents
- liability from industrial accidents
- civil liability for rape and violent criminal attacks
- and where significant, liability arising from personal automobile, boating and other personal activities.