Law360 (June 29, 2018, 8:34 PM EDT) — A California jury held Friday that Landmark Worldwide owes its former firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP $133,000 for unpaid work on an employee’s discrimination suit, rejecting the self-help company’s allegation that the firm committed malpractice by not advising it to claim insurance in the case.
Landmark had brought the case seeking $2.6 million in damages, but after a two-week trial in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse, the jury sided with Seyfarth’s argument that Landmark’s own negligence caused 100 percent of the harm it suffered.
Analysis*: Ty R. Sagalow, as the insurance expert witness for Seyfarth, argued that under the terms of the Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy purchased by Landmark applying his six industry custom guidelines for a carrier accepting a late reported claim, Landmark had waited too long before submitting the claim to its insurance carrier. After the jury verdict, a juror was heard saying that her “favorite” witness was the insurance guy Seyfarth hired due to his ability to explain complex insurance provisions in simple language (yes, this actually happened).
*This analysis was not part of the original Law360 article
