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Insurance Coverage Lawyer Ojai

Van Etten Suzumoto & Sipprelle LLP represents clients in a number of affairs involving insurance coverage and liability matters. The attorneys of the insurance coverage team offer multi-faceted services in insurance policy matters from the basic to the complex. Our lawyers have successfully represented policyholders in lawsuits against their insurance companies where insurance coverage has been refused in both first party or third party claims.

First party claims involve a case directly in opposition to an insurance provider for refusing to pay benefits.
Third party claims arise when an insurance provider fails to defend a lawsuit brought against its insured or neglects to pay a claim, on behalf of its policy holder, declared against the policy holder.

Additionally, our Ojai Insurance Coverage Lawyers regularly:

Manage cases involving commercial liability, administrators and representatives, errors and omissions, life, disability, fire and other related insurance coverage
Monitor the defense of personal injury actions where an insured requires the help of an attorney to organize the defense of their claim with counsel offered by an insurance provider under its standard defense obligation
Provide assistance determining the suitable types and degrees of coverage to maintain in order to properly insure against commonly encountered risks
Coordinate with individuals in the firm’s Corporate Investigations and White Collar Group to defend actions brought by the Department of Banking and Insurance against licensees, including individuals accused of insurance fraud in both civil and criminal measures
Analyze and translate insurance policies

Insurance policies are often difficult to understand even for sophisticated and knowledgeable business people. The Ojai Insurance Coverage Lawyers at Van Etten Suzumoto & Sipprelle LLP work with its clients to level the playing field and provide benefits and defense to the insured. Our firm brings value by ensuring that you thoroughly comprehend the coverage you are entitled to and for which you have paid.

$5,000,000
Recovery for seafood distributor against a competitor in a federal RICO action.

$3,500,000
Recovery for an insurance broker in a wrongful termination action.

$2,400,000
Recovery for a corporate executive against a national medical supply company in a wrongful termination “whistleblower” action.

$2,000,000
Recovery for an employee against a national home healthcare company in an age discrimination action.

$2,000,000
Recovery for a family-owned manufacturing company against a national retail chain in a breach of contract action.

$925,000
Recovery for an employee against a media company in a pregnancy discrimination action.

$765,000
Recovery for an employee in a wrongful termination “whistleblower” action against a product distributor.

$700,000
Recovery for a real estate broker against a national real estate firm in a wrongful termination action.

$525,000
Recovery for an employee against a pest control company in a sexual harassment action.

$500,000
Recovery for an employee against a large defense contractor in an age discrimination action.

$450,000
Recovery for a nutritional products company against its former attorney in a legal malpractice action.

$400,000
Recovery for real estate partnership against a major international brokerage firm in a breach of contract action.

$300,000
Recovery for an employee in a sexual orientation harassment action against a public entity.

$279,000
Recovery for an employee in a wage and hour dispute against a home healthcare company.

Defense Verdict
Represented a community hospital against wrongful termination and sexual orientation discrimination claims brought by two former employees. Following a three week jury trial in the Orange County Superior Court, the jury returned a defense verdict for the hospital.

Favorable Resolution During Trial
Represented a food processing company against a race discrimination claim brought by a terminated employee. Following a two week jury trial in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the case was resolved for a minimal payment by the employer during jury deliberations after the jury returned a note indicating that it was likely to return a defense verdict for the employer.

Defense Verdict
Represented a trucking company in a wrongful death action arising out of a catastrophic accident in which one of the company’s drivers collided with a motorcycle carrying two people, resulting in the death of one motorcycle rider and severe brain damage to the other rider. Following a three week jury trial in the San Diego County Superior Court, the jury returned a defense verdict for the trucking company.

Defense Verdict
Represented a publicly traded self-storage company against race and religious discrimination claims brought by a terminated employee. Following a two week jury trial in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the jury returned a defense verdict for the storage company.

Defense Verdict
Represented a consumer products company in a breach of contract action. Following a seven day jury trial in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the jury returned a defense verdict for the company. (The plaintiff had sought $10 million.)

Defense Verdict
Represented a consumer products company in a breach of contract action brought against it by a product distributor. Following a six day jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the jury returned a defense verdict for the company. (The plaintiff had sought $12 million).

Defense Verdict
Represented an international shipping company in a personal injury action brought by a seaman who was severely injured while serving on a container vessel and required double knee replacement surgery. Following a 10 day jury trial in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the jury returned a defense verdict for the shipping company.

Defense Verdict
Represented an architecture company and an architect in an architectural malpractice case involving the design of a multi-million dollar home. Following an eight day jury trial in Lake County (Illinois) Circuit Court, the jury returned a defense verdict.

Defense Verdict
Represented the Managing Member of a limited liability company against claims for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. The plaintiffs (several other members of the LLC) sought $25 million in compensatory damages, as well as punitive damages. Following a four-week jury trial in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the jury returned a defense verdict for the Managing Member.