Panel Affirms Order Denying Insurers’ Motion To Disqualify Manufacturer’s Counsel

Mealey's (July 1, 2022, 12:07 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals panel on June 28 held that a lower court properly denied an insurers’ motion to disqualify a pipe manufacturer insured’s attorneys in a product liability coverage dispute, finding that the insurers failed to satisfy their burden to prove a prior attorney-client relationship, a personal relationship or a substantial relationship....