Legal Opinion
Arnold D. Berkeley v. Home Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 21, 1995No. 94-7149, 94-7167PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
These appeals involve an attorney and the insurance company that issued him a professional liability insurance policy. When the company refused to defend the attorney against a counterclaim filed by his former client in an arbitrated fee proceeding, the attorney hired other counsel and ultimately prevailed in large part, recovering substantial additional fees from his former client, but was also ordered to remit 15% of his recovery to the client. The attorney subsequently sued the insurance company for breach of…
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