Successes

Las Vegas office partners Scott S. Thomas and Sarah J. Odia recovered more than $2.1 million for a Fortune 500 homebuilder from a group of additional-insured carriers in reimbursement of costs the homebuilder incurred to defend three high-exposure construction defect lawsuits. We also recovered from the same carriers 100 percent of...

Payne & Fears’ insurance team partners Nate Cazier and Jared De Jong continued their winning streak on behalf of Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. in its dispute with Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. regarding coverage for an underlying class action lawsuit. After months of litigation, culminating in summary judgment in favor...

Payne & Fears (P&F) achieved another significant victory this week on behalf of a national homebuilder by securing the dismissal of a coverage action filed by its subcontractor and insurer in a hostile forum. The client-homebuilder’s subcontractor’s liability insurer agreed to defend the client-homebuilder as an additional insured against a...

The Payne & Fears team of Nathan A. Cazier, Jared De Jong, and Blake A. Dillion secured a win for Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. in its coverage dispute with Starr Indemnity & Liability Co.  Rawlings was sued in a consumer class action alleging that Rawlings misrepresented the weight of its...

Payne & Fears (P&F) achieved another significant victory this week on behalf of a national retail company by obtaining summary judgment against a former employee’s disability discrimination and wrongful termination claims. The former employee’s lawsuit advanced claims of disability discrimination, retaliation, failure to accommodate, failure to engage in the interactive...