Panel Affirms Ruling In Insurers’ Favor In Aiding And Abetting Malpractice Suit

(June 9, 2023, 8:46 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of insurers in a lawsuit alleging that they conspired with attorneys to force insureds to accept a $750,000 settlement of an underlying lawsuit arising from a failed partnership, finding that the insureds failed to plead any facts to support their contention that the insurers “had actual knowledge of the tortious conduct by the attorney defendants.”...