Insurance Bad Faith Litigation / Legal Malpractice

Client asked FBB&C to strategize and then litigate a case that had been in court for six years against an insurance carrier unwilling to pay full value for fire losses sustained by client to a landmark commercial building. After careful strategic analysis, FBB&C aggressively implemented the strategy, litigating the case for about six months, when the insurer agreed to pay the full value of client’s claims, including cost of repair, business interruption and legal fees, totally $4,300,000 of new money to the insured, provided the insured fully released the insurance company from any further liability.

Client of national law firm was a company that utilized predictive disambiguating texting technology in mobile devices. Its national law firm represented it in a patent infringement trial and lost. FBB&C successfully represented the company’s former counsel in a malpractice action for its breach of the standard of care during trial. The law firm contended that its “trial strategy” was a complete defense to the case and that the statute of limitations was also an absolute bar. FBB&C reached confidential settlement after opposing summary judgment, receiving for the client forgiveness of $1,100,0000 in legal fees and payment of $1,500,000 in new money.