Bad Faith and Insurance Coverage

Tyson & Mendes is experienced in representing primary insurers, excess insurers, life, health and disability insurers, reinsurers, and claims management organizations in the complete range of matters involving third and first party insurance and bad faith issues. Our representation has encompassed a broad scope of issues, including those associated with asbestos, products, pollution, construction defects, advertising injury, commercial disputes, and rescission actions.

We provide our insurance clients with a full range of pre-litigation counseling services, including: evaluating the legal and factual bases for requests by policyholders or beneficiaries for insurance coverage or benefits, and responding to such requests; assessing and handling demands for Cumis counsel; providing formal written legal opinions as to the existence and scope of insurance coverage, if any; and advising clients on practical alternatives to litigation.

If litigation is necessary, we have substantial expertise in handling insurance litigation in state and federal courts across the nation.

Tyson & Mendes Saved the Insurance Industry More Than $679 Million in 2023: Nationwide Insurance and Civil Litigation Defense Firm Saves Clients Nearly $3 Billion in Four Years

January 5, 2024 2:32pm

SAN DIEGO (January 5, 2024) – Tyson & Mendes LLP, one of the nation’s fastest-growing insurance and civil litigation defense firms, saved its insurance industry and self-insured clients $679.9 million in aggregate damages claims in 2023, bringing the firm’s savings results...

Tyson & Mendes Denver Team Wins Motion for Summary Judgment in Bad Faith Case: Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Seneca Insurance

March 27, 2023 2:44pm

DENVER (March. 27, 2023) – The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Seneca Insurance following the appeal of a motion for summary judgment in a bad faith case involving construction defect (Mojo Properties, LLC v. Seneca Insurance)...

Tyson & Mendes Saved the Insurance Industry Over $1 Billion in 2022: Nationwide Insurance and Civil Litigation Defense Firm Tops $2.27 Billion in Savings for Clients in the Past Three Years

January 18, 2023 11:56am

SAN DIEGO (January 18, 2023) – Tyson & Mendes LLP, one of the nation’s fastest-growing insurance and civil litigation defense firms, saved its insurance industry and self-insured clients an astonishing $1.07 billion in aggregate damages claims in 2022...

Tyson & Mendes Adds Experienced Insurance Defense Partner in Las Vegas: Priscilla L. O’Briant joins from Lewis Brisbois

April 4, 2022 11:42am

LAS VEGAS (March 4, 2022) – National civil defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced the addition of Priscilla O’Briant as a partner in the firm’s Las Vegas office. O’Briant focuses her practice primarily on insurance coverage litigation, specializing in claims and lawsuits arising from first-party coverage disputes.

Interview with Schaefer City Technologies CEO, Denise Tyson

March 13, 2024 4:36pm

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we sat down with Denise Tyson, a founder and CEO of Insurtech disruptor, Schaefer City Technologies. She shared with us more about her role, what Schaefer City is up to, and her experience as a female leader...

The California Insurance Code and Willful Acts

Author: Joleene Flores | December 20, 2023 11:23am

Companies facing lawsuits involving alleged claims of willful acts have had a rude awakening following the ruling in The Wonderful Co. LLC et al. v. Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. by a California federal court that came at the end of October 2023, and now will find themselves solely...

Default Judgments and the Not-So-Final Countdown

Author: Amaia Sanz de Acedo | September 27, 2023 10:36am

In Century-National Insurance Company v. Frantz, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal held that trial courts have authority to consider a party’s opposition to entry of final judgement even after entry of an order of default...

Sweeney “Fraud”: The $28 Million Forger of California

Author: Anthony J. Puzo | September 27, 2023 10:25am

On August 10, 2023, a judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California denied Banc of California, National Association’s (“plaintiff”) motion for summary judgment in a case against Federal Insurance Company (“defendant”). This case involved a...

A Wager with Death – Arizona Supreme Court Says Policy to Remain Valid Despite Beneficiary Betting on Decedent’s Death

Author: Leslie Harrach | September 11, 2023 1:09pm

This article serves as a follow-up to the April 2023 article, “Feeling Conflicted: Arizona Supreme Court to Resolve Conflict in Laws Affecting Enforceability of Life Insurance Policies.” Since publication, the Arizona Supreme Court made its final decision on the question of whether...

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Bad Faith and Insurance Coverage

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