California Panel Reverses Judgment In Favor Of Professional Liability Insurer

SAN FRANCISCO - There are triable issue of material fact as to whether underlying claims against a medical malpractice insurer were covered under an insurance company professional liability insurance policy, whether the policy's "no voluntary payments" provision applies and whether the professional liability insurer acted in bad faith, a California appeals panel held Feb. 14, reversing and remanding a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the professional liability insurer (The Doctors Co. v. American International Specialty Lines Ins. Co., No. A123003, Calif. App., 1st Dist., Div. 2; 2011 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1107). Full story on lexis.com