At Bauman Loewe Witt & Maxwell we are pleased to announce that Las Vegas Defense Lawyers (LVDL) members elected Aileen E. Cohen, Esq. to its Board of Directors. The election took place at the Fifth Annual LVDL Dinner on March 30, 2017. Aileen will be working on LVDL advocacy efforts in support of the civil litigation defense bar before the Nevada Legislature in addition to other ongoing projects to promote LVDL objectives. Las Vegas Defense Lawyers is an organization of attorneys … [Read more...]
Eat Lunch with the Judges and Improve Your Practice
May 5, 2016 by
Who says that there is no free lunch? On the second Tuesday of every month in Courtroom 15D or 15B at 12:05 PM, lunch is free and the conversation is lively at the Civil Bench Bar meetings. The Nevada office of Bauman Loewe Witt & Maxwell had the pleasure of sponsoring April’s Civil Bench Bar luncheon allowing attorney Aileen Cohen to speak with the attendees about our firms practice areas and services, including the Trucking, Insurance and Coverage and Bad Faith law blogs. But food and … [Read more...]
Once An Insured Proves Coverage, The Burden Shifts To the Insurer To Prove An Exception Or Exclusion
February 23, 2016 by
In Nevada Insurance Coverage lore, Victor Havas is legend. Cases involving Mr. Havas answer so many insurance coverage questions. What duty does an insurance agent owe to a customer? Havas v. Carter, 515 P.2d 397, 89 Nev. 497 (1973). For more information, see here. When is replacement value the appropriate measure of damages rather than actual case value? Havas v. Atlantic Ins. Co., 95 Nev. 415, 596 P.2d, 246 (1979). here. How can an insurance company avoid a waiver when it investigates a … [Read more...]
Nevada Law Blogs See Lots Of Insightful Comments On Nevada’s Cumis Counsel Case
March 24, 2015 by
Regular readers of the Nevada Law Blogs have followed our summaries of all of the briefs filed in the Nevada case of State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Hansen, Nevada Supreme Court Case No. 64484. Hopefully, the Hansen case will tell us if Nevada will follow California’s Cumis decision, if it will adopt a standard used by another state or if it will await a legislative solution to the situation. Like the briefs themselves, comments on social media have run the gamut. State Farm’s brief … [Read more...]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Dream . . .
January 18, 2015 by
As our nation celebrates Martin Luther King’s birthday, let us reflect on a few of his words. "I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia … [Read more...]
