Allstate Insurance v. Bennington

Summary

In this insurance coverage litigation proceeding, plaintiff Allstate Insurance Co. alleged Michael Bennington and other plaintiffs of trying to set up the plaintiff for bad faith in order to force the plaintiff Allstate Insurance Co to pay more than its contractual policy limits. The plaintiffs counsels claimed that the Insurance Company performed its duty of paying the full amount within 4 days of being informed of the car accident but the defendants were trying to recover more from the plaintiff in order to pay for a verdict against them related to the car accident.

The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Ronald Getchy and Dennis Prince. The defendant in this case, Michael Bennington, Elizabeth Bennington and other defendants were represented by attorneys Xidis Cara, Thomas Christiansen and E. Breen Arntz.

Outcome

Allstate didn't breach their duty.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Allstate Insurance Co.
Defense: Bennington, Michael

Judge: Valerie Adair
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Regional Justice Center

Case Number: 06A525299
Industry: Insurance
Practice Area: Insurance

Plaintiff

Allstate Insurance Co.

Represented By:
Getchey, Ronald (Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP (San Diego))
Prince, Dennis (Prince & Keating, LLP)

Defense

Bennington, Michael

Expert Witnesses

Popik, Susan

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:24	Opening Statement	Prince, Dennis
01:15:17	Break
01:29:38	Opening Statement	Arntz, E. Breen
02:03:11	General Case Activities
02:04:20	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prince, Dennis	Popik, Susan	In Person
		01:20:15	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prince, Dennis	Popik, Susan	In Person
01:00:41	Break
01:13:50	Witness Direct Examination	Prince, Dennis	Popik, Susan	In Person
01:37:48	Witness Cross Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Popik, Susan	In Person
02:23:34	Break
02:36:43	Witness Cross Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Popik, Susan	In Person
02:41:06	Witness Cross Examination	Christensen, Thomas	Popik, Susan	In Person
03:31:34	Break
03:49:00	Witness Cross Examination	Christensen, Thomas	Popik, Susan	In Person
04:01:13	End of Session

SEP

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Christensen, Thomas	Popik, Susan	In Person
00:28:38	Break
01:02:41	Witness Direct Examination	Getchey, Ronald	Rivenbark, Rebecca	In Person
02:14:09	Break
02:29:55	Witness Direct Examination	Getchey, Ronald	Rivenbark, Rebecca	In Person
02:31:47	Witness Cross Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Rivenbark, Rebecca	In Person
03:12:57	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Christensen, Thomas	Popik, Susan	In Person
01:29:07	Break
01:57:27	Witness Cross Examination	Christensen, Thomas	Popik, Susan	In Person
03:10:35	End of Session

SEP

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

16 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prince, Dennis	Popik, Susan	In Person
00:50:23	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Popik, Susan	In Person
01:03:52	Break
01:20:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Christensen, Thomas	Popik, Susan	In Person
01:44:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prince, Dennis	Popik, Susan	In Person
01:51:51	Witness Direct Examination	Prince, Dennis	Gentile, Mark	In Person
02:33:23	Witness Cross Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Gentile, Mark	In Person
02:47:48	Witness Cross Examination	Christensen, Thomas	Gentile, Mark	In Person
02:59:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prince, Dennis	Gentile, Mark	In Person
03:01:12	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Christensen, Thomas	Gentile, Mark	In Person
03:03:39	General Case Activities		Gentile, Mark	In Person
03:06:05	General Case Activities	Prince, Dennis	Gentile, Mark	In Person
03:08:05	General Case Activities	Arntz, E. Breen	Gentile, Mark	In Person
03:09:17	General Case Activities	Christensen, Thomas	Gentile, Mark	In Person
03:09:58	General Case Activities
03:11:44	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:16	Witness Direct Examination	Getchey, Ronald	Fink, Gary	Transcript Reading
00:17:18	General Case Activities
00:17:40	Opening Statement	Christensen, Thomas
00:27:10	Witness Direct Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Fulbrook, Pam	In Person
00:50:41	Witness Direct Examination	Xidis, Cara	Fulbrook, Pam	In Person
00:57:21	Witness Cross Examination	Prince, Dennis	Fulbrook, Pam	In Person
01:26:36	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Prince, Dennis	Fulbrook, Pam	In Person
00:15:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Fulbrook, Pam	In Person
00:19:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Xidis, Cara	Fulbrook, Pam	In Person
00:25:42	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Prince, Dennis	Fulbrook, Pam	In Person
00:29:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Xidis, Cara	Fulbrook, Pam	In Person
00:30:26	Witness Direct Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Bennington, Michael	In Person
01:00:57	Witness Cross Examination	Getchey, Ronald	Bennington, Michael	In Person
01:10:45	Break
01:23:10	Witness Cross Examination	Getchey, Ronald	Bennington, Michael	In Person
02:42:11	Break
02:51:13	General Case Activities		Bennington, Michael	In Person
02:53:13	General Case Activities	Getchey, Ronald	Bennington, Michael	In Person
02:57:42	General Case Activities	Arntz, E. Breen	Bennington, Michael	In Person
02:59:28	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Xidis, Cara	Sampson, David	In Person
00:39:15	Break
00:48:41	Witness Direct Examination	Xidis, Cara	Sampson, David	In Person
00:52:40	Witness Direct Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Sampson, David	In Person
01:01:06	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Mosley, Jacque	In Person
00:11:44	Witness Cross Examination	Prince, Dennis	Mosley, Jacque	In Person
00:20:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Arntz, E. Breen	Mosley, Jacque	In Person
00:23:07	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Prince, Dennis	Mosley, Jacque	In Person
00:24:16	General Case Activities
00:25:57	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

SEP

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Allstate Insurance v. Bennington

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:39	Closing Statement	Prince, Dennis
01:20:10	Break
01:28:32	Closing Statement	Arntz, E. Breen
01:58:55	Closing Statement	Christensen, Thomas
02:21:58	Closing Statement	Prince, Dennis
02:35:40	Closing Statement	Arntz, E. Breen
02:37:27	General Case Activities
02:39:08	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:57	Reading of the Verdict
		00:02:27	General Case Activities
		00:03:58	End of Session