Helping to protect your company and its assets
No matter what your industry, insurance and some type of litigation surrounding it, may some day affect you. Protecting your company and its assets from the multitude of insurance issues you face is what we do. Whether it involves commercial general liability, professional liability, D&O liability, property coverage, or environmental concerns, Porter Hedges' lawyers are well adept at handling your insurance litigation needs.
Our lawyers have experience ranging from routine coverage matters and declaratory judgments to "bad faith" litigation and arbitration proceedings. We counsel our clients on matters concerning a wide array of insurance issues from drafting contractual indemnity and insurance requirements to claim submission and litigation. If a trial is necessary, Porter Hedges' litigators bring a wealth of practical courtroom experience to conceive and apply the correct strategy designed to accomplish our clients' objectives in a decisive and cost-effective manner.
Examples of our work in the area of insurance litigation include:
- Represented drill pipe cleaning and coating business in claims against insurer for failure to indemnify business under an environmental insurance policy. Secured favorable settlement after filing suit
- Successfully represented policy holder in securing summary judgment on insurer's duty to defend industrial company seeking coverage for third party environmental claims
- Successfully represented corporate policyholders in litigation involving environmental policies for underlying cases asserting claims under RCRA and the Clean Water Act
- Successfully represented insureds in litigation involving insurance coverage under D&O Policies for two underlying environmental lawsuits
- Successfully represented an oil and gas company in insurance coverage dispute with numerous insurance companies regarding coverage for underlying cases by landowner alleging damage to the surface estate and groundwater
- Successfully represented commercial property owners in connection with Hurricane Ike and Katrina claims and litigation
- Represented construction and engineering firm in lawsuit seeking contractual indemnity and additional insured coverage for underlying suit involving CERCLA and Texas SWDA claims
- Represented contractors in securing coverage under CGL policies for construction defect claims
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