Craig Meredith Attorney

Construction

• Settled $400 million+ defect case involving halted construction of $9 billion, 67-acre development on the Las Vegas Strip.
• Settled construction and related insurance issues with paving problems at large shipping container terminal.
• Resolved a construction defect action in Miami, Florida involving a twin tower high rise building with the original claims in excess of $120M.
• Resolved the coverage disputes preventing settlement of a construction defect action involving a water filtration plant in Vermont.
• Resolved a multi-million dollar infrastructure dispute involving construction defects at a luxury resort in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Resolved both general liability and builders risk coverage disputes.
• Resolved a construction defect suit in Hobe Sound, Florida involving a large apartment project.
• Resolved a large commercial office building construction defect claim in Oakland, California by resolving the issues involving a complicated specialty insurance product.
• Resolved a complex resort construction defect action in Napa County, California.
• Resolved numerous construction defect actions involving multiple single family homes in large developments as well as condominiums.
• Resolved numerous disputes involving Zurich’s HBPP and subcontractor default insurance programs.

Insurance

• Resolved a first party coverage dispute arising from smoke-tainted wine grapes.
• Resolved contribution action between two carriers for the same insured. The underlying case was a pollution claim arising from a fire
  in a hazardous materials truck.
• Resolved Fidelity bond subrogation action arising from landfill bribery fraud case.
• Settled D& O coverage case regarding liability arising from an alleged embezzlement. Resolution incorporated disputes among the bank (plaintiff), the corporation, and the D&O carrier.
• Settled coverage case arising from the collapse of the floor of a Las Vegas casino night club.
• Resolved complicated first party $32M property loss claim arising from a hospital facility’s complex steam piping system.
• Resolved case with coverage issues relating to a factory explosion.
• Handled cases involving wine production: damage to wine caused by industrial producer, wine loss due to deficient facility maintenance.
• Resolved an insurance coverage dispute regarding pollution coverage for gas station leakage in Marin County, California.
• Successfully mediated the resolution of a coverage dispute involving the landslides a golf courses in Santa Clara County, California and Palos Verdes, California.
• Resolved numerous insured vs. carrier disputes involving allegations of bad faith.

Non-Construction Insurance

• Participated in the resolution of a copyright infringement action in Atlanta, Georgia with claim of over $100M by assisting with reaching
  a compromise of the insurance issues involving personal injury coverage for copyright violation.
• Participated in the resolution of a substantial trade secrets action by assisting with reaching a compromise of Directors and Officers liability coverage issues.

Bodily Injury

• Resolved the coverage issues surrounding a paraplegic bodily injury claim in order to settle the action.
• Resolved the coverage issues preventing the resolution of a workplace bodily injury case in Houston, Texas.
• Resolved a bad faith failure to settle action involving an auto bodily injury case.
• Assisted in the resolution of a tragic wrongful death auto accident case by resolving coverage issues pertaining to the relative priorities of the auto policies involved.