Case Updates
Colorado Supreme Court unanimously holds that an employee of an insurance company who adjusts an insured’s claim in the course of employment may not for that reason be liable personally for statutory bad faith
March 14, 2022
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Colorado Supreme Court to hold that an employee of an insurance company who adjusts an insured’s claim in the course of employment may not for that reason be liable personally for statutory bad faith
November 01, 2021
Click here to view the brief. Plaintiffs’ lawyers have taken to suing insurance adjusters in addition to the insurance company in Colorado in an attempt to defeat diversity jurisdiction and gain settlement leverage. Stephen G. Masciocchi and Nicholas W. Katz of Holland & Hart LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Skillet v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. (Colorado Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Skillet v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. (Colorado Supreme Court).pdf