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Tred once again was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for his work in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law and Litigation-Insurance. He was also named Best Lawyers® 2022 Litigation Insurance “Lawyer of the Year” in Honolulu. A designation given to a single attorney in each practice group by metropolitan area.

    The federal district court agreed that a challenge to State Farm's practice of depreciating sales tax when calculating actual cash value (ACV) benefits payments to policyholders could go forward as a class action. Pitkin, et al. v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134948 (July 15, 2025, N.

    The curt denied the broker's motion to dismiss the insured's claim that the broker negligently failed to provide the requested coverage. The Paper Tigers, Inc. v. Arch Ins. Group, Inc., et al, 2025 US. Dist. LEXIS 128114 (N.D. Ill. July 7, 2025). 

    The Paper Tigers, Inc. (Plaintiff) specialized in reworking paper to meet

    The Superior Court granted summary judgment to a policy holder who was issued a policy by the California's insurer of last resort, known as the FAIR Plan. Aliff v. California FAIR Plan Association, No. 21STCV200095 (Super. Ct. California June 24, 2025). 

    Plaintiff sued the California Fair Plan Association (CFP) arguing

    The court agreed with Travelers that Lloyd's had a duty to defend the underlying personal injury case. Travelers Indem. Co. v. Underwriters at Lloyd's, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118445 (S.D. N. Y. June 23, 2025).

    Jerome Avenue owned a multi-tenant property in the Bronx, New York. Jerome Avenue leased

    The Colorado Court of Appeal reversed, in part, the trial court's dismissal of the insured's COVID-19 claim. Spectrum Retirement Communities, LLC, et al v. Continental Casualty Company, 2025 Colo. App. LEXIS 876 (Colo. Ct. App. June 18, 2025). 

    Spectrum owned and operated forty-three senior living and memory care communities in

    The California Superior Court granted the agent's demurrer to dismiss the insured's claim for inadequate coverage. Westchester Playa Realty Alliance, Inc. v. City Roofing, Inc., 2025 Cal. Super. LEXIS 26902 (Cal. Super. Ct. June 4, 2015).

    Westchester Playa Realty Alliance, Inc. leased property in Los Angeles. City Roofing, Inc. performed repairs