Robert Tobey is an attorney in the firm’s San Francisco office of Demler Armstrong & Rowland LLP, where he focuses his practice in the defense of complex and catastrophic claims, toxic torts, product liability claims and general insurance defense. In …
Defense Verdict in Auto v Pedestrian Case
Following a 2-week trial, a Torrance jury returned a defense verdict on July 19, 2022 for our client in a personal injury case arising out of a 2018 accident in a Redondo Beach intersection. The plaintiff claimed that she was …
Another Appellate Win for DAR in Landslide Case
Jim Weixel, of the firm’s Walnut Creek office, obtained a reversal of a summary judgment against the firm’s clients in a long-running landslide case in Contra Costa County. A neighboring landowner argued, based on a declaration from his geotechnical engineer, …
Asbestos Litigation Trends and Trial Overview
Please join Demler Armstrong & Rowland, LLP partner Edward P. Tugade at the upcoming virtual and complimentary conference, Asbestos Litigation Trends and Trial Overview, on June 22. Hosted by Perrin Conferences, the event speakers include prominent attorneys, insurance professionals, and …
DAR Secures Victory in 9th Circuit
DAR Attorneys Eric Brenneman and Zachary Hamilton succeeded in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in a case involving arbitrator qualifications under a reinsurance certificate. In Public Risk Innovation, Solutions, and Management v. AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., the Court …
VICTORY ON APPEAL
The firm delivered Farmers GroupTM insurer Fire Insurance Exchange reversal of a demurrer overrule that prompted dismissal of several companion bad faith coverage cases arising from the Valley Fire in Westmoreland v. Fire Insurance Exchange (2021) 73 Cal.App.5th…
DAR prevails on summary judgment after Plaintiff rejects accompanying six-figure settlement offer
DAR attorneys Randy Moss and Lisa Pan scored another victory on summary judgment in a first-party bad faith lawsuit brought by an insured for water damage to a multi-unit residential building she owned. While the claim was pending the insurer …
Universal Indoor Mask Mandates are Lifting in California, but Beware the Caveats
By: Kate Friend, Of Counsel, Demler, Armstrong & Rowland
Last week the California Department of Public Health (the “CDPH”) announced that effective February 16 it will lift the universal indoor mask mandate. Mask mandates are also expiring on the same …
Dean Pollack
Dean Pollack is Of Counsel in Demler Armstrong & Rowland’s Walnut Creek office. Mr. Pollack is a seasoned litigator having taken a broad spectrum of cases through binding arbitration and trial. His general liability practice ranges from product and premises …
DAR Hits Hard for Another MSJ Win in Insurance Bad Faith Case
Randy Moss and Lisa Pan score another victory for DAR clients on dispositive motion, this time in an insurance bad-faith action alleging wrongful failure to defend and indemnify.
The insurer client’s insured was involved in a physical altercation when he …