Judge sanctions insurer $50K because its lawyer couldn’t settle dog-bite case for $750K
By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/14
A Nevada judge imposed a $50,000 contempt sanction on an insurer because the company sent a representative to a settlement conference who lacked authority to settle a dog-bite case for $750,000. The plaintiff in the case, landscaper James Moberly, fell backward after being bitten several times by a German shorthaired…