In a unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court held that Brandt fees -- attorney fees incurred by individuals while trying to force their insurance company to provide policy benefits that were denied in bad faith -- can be assigned to third parties, in this case a dye company that already had burned an insurer for $1.6 million in damages. Essex Insurance had insisted that Brandt fees are personal damages, along the lines of punitive damages, and not economic.
July 10, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Insurers got another reason Thursday to be on their best behavior when working with clients.
In a unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court held that so-called Brandt fees can be assigned to third parties, in this case a dye company that already had burned an insurer for $1.6 million in damages.
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