{"id":4175,"date":"2014-09-09T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4175"},"modified":"2016-07-08T16:34:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T16:34:05","slug":"7-32-million-bad-faith-verdict-insurer-refused-settle-obvious-liability-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-32-million-bad-faith-verdict-insurer-refused-settle-obvious-liability-case\/","title":{"rendered":"$7.32 Million Bad-Faith Verdict Against Insurer Who Refused to Settle Obvious Liability Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2000, Boston attorney Richard Brody took a case that seemed at the time to be an obvious, straight-forward liability case that would most likely settle quickly &#8212; maybe without even filing a lawsuit. The case involved serious injuries suffered by another trial lawyer, Odin Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 20, 1998 Anderson was crossing an intersection in a crosswalk after a long lunch in which he drank alcohol, when a bus, turning left, hit him before he reached the middle of the street. Anderson suffered a fractured skull and stopped breathing. Fortunately for him, the bus, owned by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.partners.org\/\">Partners Healthcare, <\/a>was transporting a group of doctors. Several of the doctors acted on Anderson\u2019s injury and administered CPR. Anderson, however, suffered a traumatic brain injury that required rehabilitation to walk, speak and perform daily activities.<\/p>\n<p>Today he still has memory loss, a decreased sense of smell and problems with executive functions and higher-level thinking. He did return to practice law, but he must refer complicated cases to other attorneys. The insurance company for the bus company, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aig.com\/home_3171_411330.html\">American International Group Inc.<\/a> (AIG) instead of settling this obvious liability case, concocted a new set of facts, suppressed evidence and fought payment of a judgment until it was ordered to honor a jury verdict 8 years later.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-32-million-bad-faith-verdict-insurer-refused-settle-obvious-liability-case\/#more-4175\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2000, Boston attorney Richard Brody took a case that seemed at the time to be an obvious, straight-forward liability case that would most likely settle quickly &#8212; maybe without even filing a lawsuit. The case involved serious injuries suffered by another trial lawyer, Odin Anderson. 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