About
Eric Lawton represents organizations and people within the decision of complicated civil litigation, with an emphasis on the illustration of policyholders in coverage disputes. A seasoned advise with over 35 years of enjoy, he has acquired litigation victories and a success settlements in a extensive variety of subjects, inclusive of coverage insurance troubles of awful religion, unfair commercial enterprise practices, obligations to protect, indemnify and/or pay benefits, in subjects involving a extensive sort of coverage sorts, claims, and industries. These consist of coverage kinds which includes commercial wellknown liability (CGL), crime and constancy, administrators and officers legal responsibility, employment practices liability, expert legal responsibility, insurance broker legal responsibility, property and enterprise interruption losses and employees compensation coverage. He affords recommendation and techniques that pick out insurance possibilities, shield against pointless losses, and stable sales from coverage rules thru litigation and opportunity means. He additionally represents customers in topics starting from coverage audits to danger checks to litigation for coverage recoveries to complicated decision alternatives that encompass strategic settlements and different options, in addition to business litigation which includes settlement disputes and enterprise fraud, unfair enterprise practices and unfair opposition. Mr. Lawton’s exercise has an emphasis on illustration of employers in disputes with people reimbursement insurers concerning category codes, unbiased contractors, payroll audits and violations of regulation inside the way of assessing charges. He additionally litigates problems regarding deficient claims managing and incorrect booking below a policy of people reimbursement coverage that have a vast effect on an employer s rates and insurability. He has helped California employers involved in such disputes shop hundreds of thousands of bucks in employees repayment coverage rates and get better millions of bucks in damages. › ›
Location
Legal Issues
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Business Litigation
- Represent Employers in Workers Comp Premium & Classification Disputes
Costs
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Retaines and Rates
Hourly Rate Fee Arrangements
Certificates
Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution
Languages
- English
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
Educations
Graduation year: 1972
Graduation year: 1969
