California law provides specific instruction regarding the provision of independent or “Cumis” counsel for parties to a lawsuit who are protected by attorneys representing an associated insurance policy and the company who has provided it. The customers of insurance companies have paid for a policy, and the policy promises to...
If You Are In a Lawsuit in San Diego as an Insured Policy Holder You Deserve Excellent Cumis Counsel
What is cumis counsel? Think of it as your own independent counsel whose sole job is to protect your interests in the lawsuit. California law has established that in almost every circumstance the attorneys protecting your insurance company’s policy (and through it, you) have an inherent legal conflict of interest. ...