Insurance Coverage Litigation/Counseling > Insurance Coverage Litigation

MBT is one of the premier law firms representing insurers in a wide-range of coverage litigation and coverage disputes nationally and internationally. Our experience includes coverage issues arising out of losses relating to: a wide range of products, operations, and premises; pollution, mold, toxic torts, and global warming; intellectual property; invasion of privacy, false imprisonment, slander, and defamation; advertising, publishing, and media liability; malpractice and professional liability claims of various types; fire, theft, explosions, floods, hurricanes, and other catastrophic losses; business interruption and a variety of other first-party claims and subrogation actions; sexual misconduct claims; embezzlement and financial institution losses; various types of traditional liability claims; the full range of long-tail coverage claims; employment practices, ERISA, employee benefits, and discrimination claims; construction injury and construction defect claims; computer and technology-related claims; and the full range of extra-contractual claims. MBT lawyers pride themselves on being involved in cutting edge issues and leading cases and on contributing to the development of insurance coverage law in many important areas, including: the limitations on "occurrence" coverage for non-fortuitous events; trigger of coverage in various latent injury/damage contexts; allocation of long-tail losses among multiple insurers and the insured; the scope and interpretation of various forms of pollution exclusions; the limitations on coverage for construction defect liabilities; an insurer's right to defend through counsel of its choice (and the limitations on an insured's ability to engage counsel of its choice in "conflict" situations); an insurer's right to recoup non-covered defense costs and indemnity payments; the nature and extent of an insurer's duty to settle within limits; and a multitude of other important issues.

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