Imbriale, James F.

My 25-year career has been devoted exclusively to representing individuals with personal injury/wrongful death matters and policyholders in insurance bad faith claims. I have received numerous awards and recognitions from my peers and legal publications, and have held numerous positions with local Bar Associations, including the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego and the San Diego County Bar Association.

Representative Cases:

• Judith Rubin v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al.
• Richard Antunez v. Coastal Conveyor Systems, Inc., et al.
• Lee Newhouse, et al., v. Maxwell Transport, et al.
• San Diego Padres v. Lloyd's of London
• Carol Simkin v. Pinkerton Security Services, et al.
• ROBERT DAVIS, et al., v. NORTHEAST SAVINGS, F.A., et al.
• Doe Plaintiffs v. Doe Defendants
• Kimberly Johansen, et al., v. Troy Thompson, et al.
• Lin and Xin Zhi v. Michael Zimmerman & Rand Smith
• David Thomas, et al., v. Eric Rueckert
• Mark West v. Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company
• California Consumers, et al. v. The Columbia House
• California Consumers, et al. v. BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
• Cully, et al. v. French
• Doe corporation v. Doe Title Ins. Co.
• Margret Atanasovski v. Swink, et al.

Publications:

• "Handling Conveyor Belt Injuries," Products Liability Advisory, November 1995
• "When Does an Agency Order Trigger an Insurer's Duty to Defend?," Trial Bar News, January 1999
• "Don't Let Your Client Get Hit by a Buss," Trial Bar News, February 1999
• "Proposition 213's Economic Consequences Apply Even If 'Good Faith Attempt' to Purchase Insurance," Trial Bar News, April 1999
• "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
• "Insurance Company Not Liable for Punitive Damages Portion of Excess Verdict Against its Insured," Trial Bar News, August/September 1999
• "Do CGL Policies Provide Coverage for Breach of Contract Damages?" Trial Bar News, December 1999
• "California's New Third-party Liability Law: Leveling the Playing Field - Again," Trial Bar News, January 2000
• "Foster-Gardner Extended to Preclude Indemnity Coverage for Environmental Claims," Trial Bar News, February 2000
• "Insurance Company Can't Leave Cumis Counsel Out in the Cold," Trial Bar News, March 2000
• "Underinsured Motorist Claims and the Non-Motorist Defendant," Trial Bar News, May 2000
• "Insurance Company's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Insured's Policy Limits) Rule May Be Bad Faith,” Trial Bar News, June/July 2000
• "Water, Water Everywhere - But Is It The Insured's 'Owned Property'?" Trial Bar News, August/September 2000
• "Insured's Comparative Bad Faith Cannot Be Used as Affirmative Defense by Insurance Company," Trial Bar News, November 2000
• "Covered and Non-covered Claims, the Duty to Defend and Damages," Trial Bar News, December 2000
• "No Guarantee for Insurance Company's 'Guaranteed Contractor'," Trial Bar News, January 2001
• "Offsets, Subrogation and the Collateral Source Rule in an Insurance Breach of Contract Case," Trial Bar News, February 2001
• "Beware of the 'Genuine Issue' Rule - it Can Spell Disaster for Your Bad Faith Case," Trial Bar News, March 2001
• "No Court Judgment - Perhaps No Duty to Indemnify," Trial Bar News, April 2001
• "Examinations Under Oath - What You and Your Client Should Know," Trial Bar News, May 2001
• "Insurance Law Editor for Insurance Lawr" Trial Bar News, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 1997
• "Handling Conveyor Injury Cases", Products Liability Advisory, 1995
• "Technical Aspects of Taking and Defending Depositions" Forum, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2007