Great American Insurance v. Dover, Dixon Horne, P.L.L.C.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Great American Insurance Company (Great American) brought this action against M. Darren O’Quinn, David Couch, and their law firm for inadequate representation of its insured resulting in a multimillion dollar adverse jury verdict. Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. (Ohio Casualty), which had purchased Great Anerican’s commercial division in 1998, was added as a plaintiff three weeks after the suit was filed.1 Ater the insurers learned that O’Quinn and Couch had worked at the time in question for Dover & Dixon, P.A. rather than Dover, Dixon Horne, P.L.L.C., they substituted it…