The publication Legal Intelligencer poses the hypothetical question quite directly, to wit: As either an insured party or insurance company that has tried unsuccessfully to resolve a legal matter via nonbinding mediation, is it now better to seek resolution through...
Month: February 2017
For a complex insurance dispute, arbitration or the courtroom?
If you're involved in an insurance-related dispute in Colorado or elsewhere across the country (either as an insurer or insured), what is the more preferable process for you to invoke to resolve your challenge -- arbitration or formal adversarialism under the...
Construction Challenges: Numerous Causes of Roof Defects
While most people would like to assume that every aspect of a building's construction is executed perfectly, this isn't always the case. For example, a roof located in Breckenridge recently collapsed. Of course, this is a scary situation because there is the potential...
Construction litigation reform: Will new legislation fly?
As noted in a Colorado publication earlier this month, state lawmakers "have tried and narrowly failed for years" to craft compromise legislation that would satisfy customarily opposed interests regarding an important business matter.They have again renewed their...
Court case considers extent of an insurer’s liability
It's a fair question: If an insurance company is found to have breached its contractual duty to defend a case against an insured party, but hasn't acted in bad faith in doing so (in other words, it made a conscientious decision to deny coverage in good faith), is its...