Five critical insurance issues for the plaintiff’s lawyer
Understanding the obligations of defendant’s insurer guides plaintiff’s strategy from case intake to resolution.
Wesley Lowe and E. Gerard Mannion

Disability-insurance claims: The deposition of the defense doctors
Strategic and substantive approaches to deposing medical professionals bought and paid for by insurance companies. Includes abstracts from actual testimony.
Rebecca Grey

Profile: Todd Schneider
The president-elect of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association was fired from his first job – and it worked out well for his plaintiff clients.
Stephen Ellison

Litigating health-care claims
Who determines medical necessity? What to do when a medical claim is denied as “not medically necessary.”
David Lilienstein

When disaster strikes home
Finding fraud or negligence against insurance agents as to policy limits or coverage requires careful investigation of the insurance sales process and the claims handling.
Lee S. Harris

Taking the lid off the policy
The essential steps you must take when the damages are greater than the policy limits.
Greg Bentley

Settlements and Collections
Private credit transactions – your nose knows
Before you invest your fee earned from a good case, give the “deal” you are offered a good smell test.
David Cook

Back Story
An ounce of protection
A small investment in insurance can yield a large benefit.
Miles B. Cooper