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Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith and Fraud
Breach of Contract
Breach of Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
Fraud
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Elder Abuse
Meg Goldfeather – Property owner, manager, entrepreneur.
Mr. Knox has represented Ms. Goldfeather in several
lawsuits, including insurance coverage and bad faith
arising out of Ms. Goldfeather’s loss of her home in
the Oakland Hills Firestorm of 1992, and insurance coverage
and bad faith against Ms. Goldfeather’s disability insurer.
Both lawsuits established coverage and obtained additional
damage awards for Ms. Goldfeather. Client
Testiomonial
Danielle and Tom Cane – Homeowners in San Rafael who
suffered a major landslide. Mr. Knox represented the
Canes in their litigation against their own property
insurer and against the uphill landowners. The Canes
recovered full compensation on their property insurance
claim plus a large sum for insurance bad faith.
Vose Vineyard – A Napa Valley winery that suffered
a loss of 1,000 gallons of wine due to third-party negligence.
Mr. Knox represented Vose in trial and recovered full
payment for the wine loss plus a large sum for insurance
bad faith.
Brenda Buckner – Owner of an apartment building in
San Francisco that suffered a substantial fire loss.
Mr. Knox represented Ms. Buckner in litigation against
her own property insurer and against the neighbor, on
whose property the fire started. Ms. Buckner recovered
full payment for the fire loss plus a substantial sum
for insurance bad faith.
Raymond Cohn – Retired San Francisco firefighter was
lured into a life insurance scheme by an unscrupulous
agent of a major insurance company, who promised that
it would not cost a penny and promised a profit. The
premiums were paid by a bank loan arranged by the agent.
After two years the agent attempted to sell the policy
to an investor, as represented, but he was unable to
sell it, resulting in the bank loan of over $250,000
coming due. Mr. Knox successfully defended Mr. Cohn
from the bank collection suit and affirmatively recovered
damages for Mr. Cohn against the insurance company and
its agent. The case was noteworthy in applying elder
abuse law, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and
fraud claims against the insurance company, its agent,
and the bank.
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