Stumpf v. Continental Casualty Co.

*304ROSSMAN, J.

In this excess liability case, defendant insurance company (CNA) appeals a judgment entered in favor of Stiff, its insured, and the Stumpfs, his assignees, for damages allegedly resulting from its negligent evaluation, investigation and negotiation of a medical malpractice claim against Stiff. CNA makes forty-seven assignments of error, arguing, inter alia, that (1) it was entitled to make certain references at trial to the Professional Assessment Committee that reviewed the malpractice claim against Stiff; (2) it is not vicariously liable for conduct of counsel that it hired to…