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Insurance adjusters’ personal liability: Is it the next big thing?

Plaintiffs' attorneys are targeting insurance adjusters as well as the company in coverage cases

By Randy J. Maniloff, Tina Zheng | Updated on July 27, 2015

Try as we might, none of us are immune from making a mistake on the job. It matters not our effort nor how much experience we have. It’s just, well, life. Mistakes vary in their severity, and that’s likely tied to their consequences—both for the employee and employer. But one consequence for a mistake at work, that probably causes no worry for most, is to be found personally liable. In other words, to be sued for it.

Of course, there has long been an exception for doctors, lawyers, architects and a host of other professionals. Is it now time to add insurance adjusters to the list of those who could find themselves in the crosshairs of a plaintiff’s attorney for getting it wrong at the office? A review of case law over the past few years suggests that adjusters may sometimes need to lawyer up.

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