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BOARD CERTIFIED & DIPLOMAT

Laurence F. Padway is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the NBTA, and a Diplomat of the ATLA. The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) is a non-profit organization is dedicated to bettering the quality of trial advocacy in our nation's courtrooms and assisting the consumer of legal services in finding experienced and highly qualified trial lawyers. The ATLA is a group of plaintiffs' attorneys involved in workers' compensation litigation founded by the NACCA. Their devotion to securing strong representation for victims of industrial accidents soon attracted admiralty, railroad, and personal injury lawyers.

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Bad Faith Lawsuits

Northern California Lawyer Handles Insurance Bad Faith Cases

If your lawyer has determined that your disability insurance carrier acted in bad faith when they failed to make good on policy terms and denied your claim, a lawsuit may be the route to obtain relief.

Your insurance carrier has put up a fight from the first day you filed your disability claim. You and your attorney have discovered grounds for an insurance bad faith claim. Now it is time to go to state court. Through a jury trial, your peers will examine the evidence that your attorney has gathered against your insurance carrier that shows the insurer's unwillingness to make good on a valid disability claim.

The Law Offices of Laurence F. Padway is a small law firm with a big punch that advocates on behalf of the disabled. Sometimes advocacy on behalf of a disabled person means bringing a bad faith lawsuit against a private disability insurance company.

Keys to success in a bad faith lawsuit after a disability claim has been denied may include the following:

  • Compelling evidence of your disability, clearly articulated and presented
  • Demonstration of bad faith and breach of contract on the part of your private disability insurance carrier, including arbitrary and capricious decisions to deny your claim
  • Participation by expert witnesses who will testify on facts related to your disabling condition, your occupation, insurance law and your insurance carrier's actions

We Make Insurance Companies Pay

You have paid premiums faithfully. Or your employer did. Now you have a legitimate disability claim, and your insurance carrier has turned you away. At the Law Offices of Laurence F. Padway, we compel disability insurance companies to make good on their own policies.

Call or e-mail the law firm to schedule a consultation regarding your disability insurance dispute in Northern California.