STEVEN T. ADAMS - PROFESSIONALS - Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP

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Practice Areas Insurance Construction	HOME > PROFESSIONALS > STEVEN T. ADAMS STEVEN T. ADAMS PARTNER Experience Steven Adams is a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. He specializes in insurance coverage, construction defect and professional liability defense litigation, representing insurance carriers in major coverage disputes, architects and contractors in a wide variety of construction related actions, and attorneys in legal malpractice suits. Mr Adams speaks fluent Spanish. Education Brigham Young University, B.A., 1984 J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, J.D., 1987 Bar Admissions State Bar of California	PRINT BIO TO PDF Office: Los Angeles Phone: (213) 629-7929 Fax: (213) 624-1376 Email: Steven T. Adams Download vCard Decisions Travelers Property Casualty Company of America et al., v. Superior Court and Koram Insurance Center v. Superior Court Insurance Notes Vacancy Exclusion Barred Coverage For Vandalism Claim; Insurance Broker’s Duty Was To Procure Insurance Requested By Client, Not What May Be Required By Lender Umbrella Insurer Held Required To “Drop Down” And Defend Discrimination Claims Can an Additional Insured Satisfy the SIR? No, if the Policy Language Clearly Says it Cannot Appellate Court Permits "Stacking" of Limits and Finds One "Occurrence" In Environmental Contamination Case Primary Insurer's Payment of Less Than the Underlying Limit Fails to Trigger Excess Policy, Even Though Insured Incurred Loss Over the Underlying Limit Quasi-Judicial Proceedings Before An Administrative Agency Board May Trigger A Duty To Defend Depending On The Definition Of "Suit" Excess Insurer Has No Subrogation Claim For Primary Insurer's Unreasonable Failure To Settle Unless... Can't A "Person" Just Be A "Person?"

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