The Huver Law Firm

Previous Law Firm Name

• Richard A Huver

Law Firm Overview

My 22-year career has been devoted to representing individuals with personal injury/wrongful death matters and policyholders in insurance bad faith claims. I was President of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego and honored as a Top Ten Attorney in Insurance Law.

Representative Cases:

• Judith Rubin v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al.
• Richard Antunez v. Coastal Conveyor Systems, Inc., et al.
• Lee Newhouse, et al., v. Maxwell Transport, et al.
• San Diego Padres v. Lloyd's of London
• Carol Simkin v. Pinkerton Security Services, et al.
• ROBERT DAVIS, et al., v. NORTHEAST SAVINGS, F.A., et al.
• Doe Plaintiffs v. Doe Defendants
• Kimberly Johansen, et al., v. Troy Thompson, et al.
• Lin and Xin Zhi v. Michael Zimmerman & Rand Smith
• David Thomas, et al., v. Eric Rueckert
• Mark West v. Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company
• California Consumers, et al. v. The Columbia House
• California Consumers, et al. v. BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
• Cully, et al. v. French
• Doe corporation v. Doe Title Ins. Co.
• Margret Atanasovski v. Swink, et al.

Publications:

• "Handling Conveyor Belt Injuries," Products Liability Advisory, November 1995
• "When Does an Agency Order Trigger an Insurer's Duty to Defend?," Trial Bar News, January 1999
• "Don't Let Your Client Get Hit by a Buss," Trial Bar News, February 1999
• "Proposition 213's Economic Consequences Apply Even If 'Good Faith Attempt' to Purchase Insurance," Trial Bar News, April 1999
• "Can an Insured Be Held Liable for a Tortious Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing?" Trial Bar News, May 1999
• "Insurance Company Not Liable for Punitive Damages Portion of Excess Verdict Against its Insured," Trial Bar News, August/September 1999
• "Do CGL Policies Provide Coverage for Breach of Contract Damages?" Trial Bar News, December 1999
• "California's New Third-party Liability Law: Leveling the Playing Field - Again," Trial Bar News, January 2000
• "Foster-Gardner Extended to Preclude Indemnity Coverage for Environmental Claims," Trial Bar News, February 2000
• "Insurance Company Can't Leave Cumis Counsel Out in the Cold," Trial Bar News, March 2000
• "Underinsured Motorist Claims and the Non-Motorist Defendant," Trial Bar News, May 2000
• "Insurance Company's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Insured's Policy Limits) Rule May Be Bad Faith,” Trial Bar News, June/July 2000
• "Water, Water Everywhere - But Is It The Insured's 'Owned Property'?" Trial Bar News, August/September 2000
• "Insured's Comparative Bad Faith Cannot Be Used as Affirmative Defense by Insurance Company," Trial Bar News, November 2000
• "Covered and Non-covered Claims, the Duty to Defend and Damages," Trial Bar News, December 2000
• "No Guarantee for Insurance Company's 'Guaranteed Contractor'," Trial Bar News, January 2001
• "Offsets, Subrogation and the Collateral Source Rule in an Insurance Breach of Contract Case," Trial Bar News, February 2001
• "Beware of the 'Genuine Issue' Rule - it Can Spell Disaster for Your Bad Faith Case," Trial Bar News, March 2001
• "No Court Judgment - Perhaps No Duty to Indemnify," Trial Bar News, April 2001
• "Examinations Under Oath - What You and Your Client Should Know," Trial Bar News, May 2001
• "Insurance Law Editor for Insurance Lawr" Trial Bar News, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 1997
• "Handling Conveyor Injury Cases", Products Liability Advisory, 1995
• "Technical Aspects of Taking and Defending Depositions" Forum, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2007 

Frequent Case Types

• Fatal Car Accident in San Diego, CA
• Pedestrian Accident in San Diego, CA
• Truck Accident in San Diego, CA

Areas of Practice

• Animal Bites
• Bad Faith Insurance
• Insurance
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Wrongful Death
• Workers' Compensation Law

Honors and Awards

• Top Attorney 2009 in Insurance Law, The Daily Transcript, 2009
• Local Trial Lawyer Association, President of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2006
• TLA President of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2006 - 2000
• Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2000
• The President's Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2001
• Appreciation Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Trial Bar News, 1998

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Evidence - Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule, San Diego County Bar Seminar, 2009

West Practice Categories

Bad Faith Insurance, Insurance Law, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation Law