Craig S. Meredith was a partner in the San
Francisco firm of Farella, Braun & Martel until September 1991, when
he formed his own practice in Larkspur, California.
Mr. Meredith practices exclusively in the area of insurance coverage,
with a primary emphasis on general liability coverage issues for construction
defect and environmental matters. His primary function in such cases
is to work with the insurance carriers and defense counsel in order
to maximize the carrier funds available for settlement. Mr. Meredith
is well known and respected by the carriers, and is often able to use
his reputation and relationships to establish short cuts to desired
goals.
Mr. Meredith has participated in more than
400 settlements of major construction litigation as coverage counsel
for the developer or general contractor. In addition,
Mr. Meredith has served as a mediator, both locally and nationally, in numerous cases involving insurance disputes, including insured carrier disputes,
broker disputes and inter-carrier disputes. His extensive coverage experience
includes his successful argument before the Fourth District Court to
Appeal in Maryland Casualty Co. v. Reeder, 221 Cal.App.3d 961 (1991), on
behalf of the insureds. The Court of Appeal affirmed the breadth of
the coverage provided to developers and general contractors through
broad form property damage coverage in commercial general liability
insurance policies. The opinion is generally regarded as a landmark
decision concerning such coverage.
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