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 CHRIS NEAL'S CV  * (Click and save)

SAMPLE DECISIONS*

  • Lexington Insurance Company v. Sandra Swanson, 240 F.R.D. 662 (W.D. Wash. 2007), and No. C05-1614-MJP, W.D. Wash., and Sandra Swanson v. Lexington Insurance Company and Issaquah Care Center, LLC, Cause No. 06-2-09844-7 (King County Superior Court)
  • Philips Oral Healthcare, Inc. f/k/a Optiva Corporation v. Federal Insurance Company, 83 Fed.Appx. 963 (9th Cir. 2003), 2005 WL 3020014 (W.D. Wash.)
  • Sheila Verdon v. AIG Life Insurance Company, 118 Wn. App. 449, 76 P.3d 283 (Div. 2, 2003)
  • Epoch Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company, 201 F.3d 443, 1999 WL 1011900 (9th Cir. 1999)
  • Decorative Center of Houston and Mcdevitt & Street Co. v. Employers Casualty Co., 833 S.W.2d 257 (Tex. App. 1992)

 SAMPLE COVERAGE LITIGATION*

  • Builders Services Group, Inc. f/k/a Masco Contractor Services Central, Inc. f/k/a Washington Insulation, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Company, et al., No. C06-1388TS2, W.D. Wash. - Worked to resolve inter-insurer allocation disputes, thereby also resolving the insured’s coverage and bad faith claims against the several insurers, as well as the insurers’ contribution claims against each other.
  • Pacific Northwest District Regional Council of Carpenters v. One Beacon America Insurance Company, No. 06-CV-0552R, W.D. Wash. - Worked to resolve “coverage by estoppel” bad faith claim for reduced amount by demonstrating insured sustained no provable damages from insurer’s conduct.
  • Paulson Investment Company, Inc. v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, No. 3:05-CV-408 KI, D. Or. – Worked to resolve complicated additional insured issue under Securities Broker/Dealer Professional Liability Policy in investor fraud claim by demonstrating facts supported insurer's position that the policy’s interelated wrongful acts exclusion applied to bar coverage for most of the claim.
  • Federal Insurance Company, et al. v. Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. C99-459C, W.D. Wash. - Worked to resolve patent infringement coverage suit (Advertising Injury coverage) by demonstrating most of the claim failed the coverage’s required “causal” link to advertising.
  • Robbins Research Int’l., Inc., et al. v. American Casualty Company, Cause No. 98-2-07412-4, King County Superior Court – Resolved claims against insurer in suit by claimant alleging advertising injury against motivational speaker.

SAMPLE COVERAGE LITIGATION WORK* (If you'd like to see particular types of samples, let me know.)

* This website and linked CV contain references to some of the matters that have I handled during my career.  I have handled hundreds of cases and I have not attempted to describe them all here.  What I have described is not necessarily representative of the results I have obtained. The results portrayed in the referenced matters were dependent upon the facts of those particular cases.  The facts and circumstances of a prospective client's individual situation may, and probably will, differ from the matters for which the results are provided.