Richard A. Huver
My 22-year career has been devoted to representing individuals with personal injury/wrongful death matters and policyholders in insurance bad faith claims. I was President of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego and honored as a Top Ten Attorney in Insurance Law.
Representative Cases:
Publications:
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"Handling Conveyor Belt Injuries," Products Liability Advisory, November 1995
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"When Does an Agency Order Trigger an Insurer's Duty to Defend?," Trial Bar News, January 1999
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"Don't Let Your Client Get Hit by a Buss," Trial Bar News, February 1999
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"Proposition 213's Economic Consequences Apply Even If 'Good Faith Attempt' to Purchase Insurance," Trial Bar News, April 1999
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"Can an Insured Be Held Liable for a Tortious Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing?" Trial Bar News, May 1999
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"Insurance Company Not Liable for Punitive Damages Portion of Excess Verdict Against its Insured," Trial Bar News, August/September 1999
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"Do CGL Policies Provide Coverage for Breach of Contract Damages?" Trial Bar News, December 1999
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"California's New Third-party Liability Law: Leveling the Playing Field - Again," Trial Bar News, January 2000
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"Foster-Gardner Extended to Preclude Indemnity Coverage for Environmental Claims," Trial Bar News, February 2000
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"Insurance Company Can't Leave Cumis Counsel Out in the Cold," Trial Bar News, March 2000
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"Underinsured Motorist Claims and the Non-Motorist Defendant," Trial Bar News, May 2000
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"Insurance Company's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Insured's Policy Limits) Rule May Be Bad Faith,” Trial Bar News, June/July 2000
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"Water, Water Everywhere - But Is It The Insured's 'Owned Property'?" Trial Bar News, August/September 2000
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"Insured's Comparative Bad Faith Cannot Be Used as Affirmative Defense by Insurance Company," Trial Bar News, November 2000
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"Covered and Non-covered Claims, the Duty to Defend and Damages," Trial Bar News, December 2000
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"No Guarantee for Insurance Company's 'Guaranteed Contractor'," Trial Bar News, January 2001
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"Offsets, Subrogation and the Collateral Source Rule in an Insurance Breach of Contract Case," Trial Bar News, February 2001
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"Beware of the 'Genuine Issue' Rule - it Can Spell Disaster for Your Bad Faith Case," Trial Bar News, March 2001
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"No Court Judgment - Perhaps No Duty to Indemnify," Trial Bar News, April 2001
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"Examinations Under Oath - What You and Your Client Should Know," Trial Bar News, May 2001
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"Insurance Law Editor for Insurance Lawr" Trial Bar News, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 1997
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"Handling Conveyor Injury Cases", Products Liability Advisory, 1995
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"Technical Aspects of Taking and Defending Depositions" Forum, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2007
Areas of Practice
- Animal Bites
- Bad Faith Insurance
- Insurance
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Wrongful Death
- Workers' Compensation Law
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 1987
Education
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D. - 1987
- Honors: Dean's Scholar, Merit Scholarship
- University of San Diego
- B.B.A. - 1982
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker, Evidence - Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule, San Diego County Bar Seminar, 2009
Honors and Awards
- Top Attorney 2009 in Insurance Law, The Daily Transcript, 2009
- Local Trial Lawyer Association, President of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2006
- TLA President of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2006 - 2000
- Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2000
- The President's Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2001
- Appreciation Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Trial Bar News, 1998 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Board of Directors, 1999 - 2006
- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, President, 2006
- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, President, 2006
- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Board of Directors, 1998 - 2006
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
- San Diego County Bar Association



