Practitioner's Guide to Litigating Insurance Coverage Actions, 3 vols.The Practitioner's Guide to Litigating Insurance Coverage Actions provides well-researched, thoughtful insight into the complicated world of environmental insurance coverage disputes. Authored by a team of litigators skilled in this complex field, this is a text that no serious practitioner handling environmental insurance coverage disputes should be without. In this work, the authors have achieved their stated goal: to create a comprehensive framework to guide the practitioner through the various phases of an environmental insurance coverage action. Indeed, the three-volume reference work is readable, and it is well-indexed for easy accessibility. These books consist of 17 chapters, covering topics from assessing insurance coverage and investigation through the various stages of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Although the authors touch briefly on various substantive issues (including an excellent discussion of common issues on summary judgment), the primary focus of these books is procedural (drafting pleadings, letters, and so on). Each chapter includes a brief introduction, practice pointers, and forms and example pleadings. The real strength of the books lies in the forms and pleadings. The authors have painstakingly compiled and edited hundreds of pleadings and other documents in their effort to assemble an excellent compendium com·pen·di·um n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. of examples. Included in this correction are motions, discovery requests, transcripts of testimony, statements and arguments of counsel, and jury instructions Jury instructions are the set of legal rules that jurors must follow when the jury is deciding a civil or criminal case. Jury instructions are given to the jury by the judge, who usually reads them aloud to the jury. . These examples provide valuable building blocks on which the practitioner can structure his or her own case. For example, the authors have included hundreds of interrogatories Written questions submitted to a party from his or her adversary to ascertain answers that are prepared in writing and signed under oath and that have relevance to the issues in a lawsuit. that can help the practitioner focus on the numerous issues that arise in environmental insurance coverage actions. Finally, it is worth noting that the authors have carefully included practice pointers and forms for both insurance companies and policyholders. Inasmuch as in·as·much as conj. 1. Because of the fact that; since. 2. To the extent that; insofar as. inasmuch as conj 1. since; because 2. insurance coverage actions are initiated by companies and policyholders, the authors' effort to cover both perspectives is helpful to the practitioner. Edward L. Clark is a partner with Clark, Perdue Perdue may refer to:
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