Insurer Owes Insured For Prejudgment Interest, Some Attorney Fees, 9th Circuit Says

Mealey's (May 2, 2017, 11:14 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 27 ruled that a business liability insurer has a duty to indemnify its insured for prejudgment interest on underlying damages for breach of contract and underlying attorney fees and costs attributable to California Labor Code claims brought by a former employee, reversing and vacating in part and remanding for further proceedings (Michael Feiz Medical Corp. v. Scottsdale Insurance Co., No. 15-56652, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 7495)....