Dina Richman and David Shimkin will present a Cozen O'Connor webinar titled, "Offers of Judgment: Benefits, Pitfalls, Responses, and Impact on Insurance Coverage" on Wednesday, December 2. This webinar will discuss how offers to compromise under Code of Civil Procedure § 998 can have important effects on a case as well as what § 998 offers are, whether and under what circumstances these offers of judgment qualify as policy limit demands, and how these devices can affect insurance coverage.
The presenters will discuss:
What are valid C.C.P. § 998 Offers to Compromise?
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Why parties, defendants, and reason plaintiffs serve 998s
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When an offer can be made
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C.C.P. § 998 offer served with complaint
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What a C.C.P. § 998 offer must be
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Offers involving multiple parties
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Offers to several plaintiffs jointly ineffective
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Wrongful death actions
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998s from multiple parties
Offers of Judgment as Policy Limits Demand
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Effect of failure to settle within policy limits
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Are offers of judgment policy limits demands?
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Evaluating offers of judgment from a coverage perspective
CE credit is approved in TX, FL, GA, NC, DE, and OK.
CLE is approved in PA, NY, TX, IL, NV, and CA.