Southern California Insurance Bad Faith and Personal Injury LawyersAt Shernoff Bidart Darras & Echeverria LLP, we lead the nation in protecting policyholders from insurance company abuse. We set the legal precedent that requires insurance companies to act in good faith and have been prosecuting unfair insurance practices for more than three decades. Fight Back and WinWhen payment is refused, when claims are wrongfully denied, when policyholders are victimized by insurance broker negligence, we know how to fight back and win. Whether the denied coverage is medical insurance claims, disability, life, homeowner's, liability, Holocaust-era claims or any other insurance claim, we have the unmatched know-how and experience to bring insurers to justice. To schedule a free consultation, please contact the Southern California insurance bad faith lawyers at Shernoff Bidart Darras & Echeverria LLP today. Our firm also handles catastrophic personal injury cases. In you have been severely injured or a loved one suffered a wrongful death because of the negligence or recklessness of another person or organization, we can help you recover the financial compensation you deserve. Our Web site is designed to provide valuable resources to policyholders, consumers, members of the press, and fellow bad faith litigators. It contains a wealth of content and functionality – from online client consultations to current legal and insurance news to downloadable media kits – which we hope advances the fight for policyholder rights. |
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04/25/07 Frank Darras co-chairs the ACI Bad Faith & Punitive Damages S…
A WELL-INFORMED POLICYHOLDER is an invaluable weapon when it comes to exposing and prosecuting unfair insurance company practices.
AS RECOGNIZED LEADERS in bad faith trial work and litigation, SBDE attorneys frequently speak at seminars and testify before legislative and regulatory committees.
[09/29/08] Mad About The $700 Billion Bailout
[09/24/08] Top Insurance Expert Calls on 144,000
[09/22/08] Insurance Expert Launches sss.savemyltc Web Site
[09/22/08] With The Economy and Financial Giants Failing, What Happens to Conseco's 144,000
[07/21/08] Financing Disaster, How Much Insurance Is Enough?
[06/05/08] Long-Term Care - A Health Qualifying Product
[05/20/08] When Cool Becomes Costly
[06/17/09] Healthcare Road to Reform: Health Insurers Refuse to Limit Rescission of Coverage
[06/17/09] Did Health Insurance Execs Have Their Seven Dwarfs Moment?
[06/14/09] Consumer Lawyer Chose a Road Less Traveled - How I Made it: William Shernoff
[06/07/09] Private Insurance Companies Push for "Individual Mandate"
[06/03/09] Health Care Ruling Raises Questions for Other Cases
[05/08/2009] Rare Verdict for Policy Holder In Insurance Coverage Dispute
[04/21/09] Rescission Issue Far From Over for One Lawyer
[02/12/09] Health Net Settles Suits on Rescissions
[02/12/09] Insurer Health Net Agrees to Landmark Rescission Reforms
[02/2009] L.A. City Attorney's Office Goes to Bat for People Whose Health Insurance is Wrongfully Rescinded
[01/30/09] Heath's $10 Million Baby - Insurer to Pay Amid Suit
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- Commercial / Business Insurance Claims Denial
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- Health Insurance Claims Denial
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- Long-term Care Insurance Denial
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As the nation's leading insurance bad faith law firm, our attorneys are dedicated to protecting the interests of insurance policyholders.
Retired Health Insurance Executive Blows the Whistle on His Former Industry
Frustrated Americans have long complained that their insurance companies valued the all-mighty buck over their health care. Today, a retired insurance executive confirmed their suspicions, arguing that the industry that once employed him regularly rips off its policyholders.
LOS ANGELES - Claremont attorney William M. Shernoff has won multi-million-dollar settlements, he's won praise, but he is yet to win a "guilty" verdict. "That is the goal," Shernoff said recently as he prepared for another round in his five-year battle against health insurance rescissions.
Health insurer to pay $9M bill
LOS ANGELES — A woman who had her medical coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer was awarded more than $9 million Friday in a case against one of California’s largest health insurers.