Jun 25, 2025 | Insurance Litigation, Latest News
A Northeast South Dakota couple had a nice camper that was damaged in the Derecho in May of 2022. Progressive took charge of the repair of the camper, and wouldn’t total it. The repair shop Progressive chose had the camper for over two years, without repairing and...Dec 13, 2019 | Insurance Litigation
On behalf of a couple who were in an automobile accident in Brown County, that was tried in Day County, we obtained a $700,000 verdict for underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits against Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company.May 30, 2012 | Insurance Litigation
In Day County, South Dakota, a jury returned a $2.4 million bad faith and breach of insurance contract verdict against Nationwide Insurance. We tried the case over a two-week period. The jury was unanimous. Nationwide’s use of improper training and incentives...Feb 12, 2012 | Insurance Litigation
Schoenbeck Law settled an insurance bad faith suit against National Farmers Union for $425,000. NFU is owned by an Australian conglomerate, QBE. NFU was using a method of adjusting property claims that cheated its insureds. Our specialty is in digging through the...Dec 2, 2008 | Insurance Litigation
Schoenbeck Law completed an insurance bad faith claim against a company in 2008 that provided life insurance for newborns. In this case the child died within a few months of birth, and the company refused to pay the death benefits. When the mother submitted the life...Nov 2, 2008 | Insurance Litigation
Schoenbeck Law exposed a “deny first” strategy of a South Dakota health insurance carrier. The carrier denied coverage for an expensive medical procedure, ignored letters and reports from medical providers, and refused to follow the health insurance policy...