The California Supreme Court decided a bad faith case last week. See Wilson v. 21st Century Ins. Co., No. S 141790 (Cal. Sup. Ct. Nov. 29, 2007). In Wilson, eight months after the plaintiff policy holder was injured, the insurer rejected her demand for payment of the $100,000 policy limit on her
No case has stirred the construction and insurance coverage community in Hawaii quite like Burlington Ins. Co. v. Oceanic Design & Constr., Inc. Together with the economic loss doctrine, this case, if followed in state courts, could signal the death knell for insurer participation in many construction defect cases and have