Insurance Defense

Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub represents clients before the federal and state trial and appellate courts and administrative agencies. Our attorneys also know how to marshal evidence to avoid trial through pre-trial motions’ practice and by obtaining favorable settlements through pre-trial discovery and case evaluations.

We are well versed in expert evidence issues that loom large in many of today’s lawsuits. Our attorneys have delivered lecturedsand published articles on issues relating to scientific evidence as well as the Daubert and Lanigan standards governing the admissibility of expert evidence. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s watershed Canavan’s Case decision concerning expert testimony resulted from  our successful appellate advocacy.

Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub has significant insurance litigation experience in cases of all types and levels of complexity, including claims asserting productliability, construction defects or hazards, property casualty loss, hazardous waste, premises liability, automobile accidents, personal injury, unfair and deceptive business practices, and coverage disputes between insurers and their insureds.