An experienced trial lawyer, Scott routinely represents clients throughout the country facing insurance recovery issues, as well as in class and mass torts, product liability and complex civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.
Scott has more than 30 years of experience in high-value complex disputes for companies faced with major business litigation involving contracts, insurance rights and recovery, environmental claims and toxic torts/class actions. He has a nationwide practice, frequently appearing in court at both the trial and appellate levels, trying some of the largest insurance and mass tort and class action cases in the country to jury, and securing landmark insurance decisions in the California Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit and numerous courts of appeal.
His insurance practice covers the gamut of insurance issues, including coverage for major property damage and business interruption losses, advertising-related liabilities, errors and omissions claims, director and officer claims, product liability claims, employment liability, fiduciary liability such as ERISA, False Claims Act liabilities, theft and other criminal-related claims, environmental and mass tort matters, and personal injury claims such as right to privacy and false imprisonment. He also frequently counsels companies on a wide range of insurance issues ranging from the placement of insurance through the submission of claims and securing of a defense.
His mass tort/class action practice includes trial of several of the only mass tort actions to be tried before a jury, as well as successful handling of a Daubert proceeding striking plaintiffs’ experts on the ground they would be testifying to “junk science.”
He is a fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel. He has also served on the boards of advisors for multiple publications and has frequently spoken and written on insurance and mass tort/class action issues.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Scott P. DeVries
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- The Heated Debate Over the California Department of Insurance’s Heat Community Policy and Parametric Underwriting - (Posted On Friday, July 28, 2023)
- NFT Service Brings Litigation Into the Metaverse! - (Posted On Thursday, March 23, 2023)
- Coverage for Rotten Eggs: Livestock Coverage in the Event of a Crisis - (Posted On Thursday, February 23, 2023)
- PFAS Regulation and Insurance Coverage Implications - (Posted On Tuesday, February 14, 2023)
- NY Federal Court Rules Insurer Must Cover Policyholder’s Landlords Under Lease Agreement’s Indemnity Provision - (Posted On Monday, August 15, 2022)
- Wildfire Insurance Coverage Series, Part 7: How to Successfully Prepare, Submit and Negotiate the Claim - (Posted On Wednesday, July 13, 2022)
- A Win for Policyholders Who Are Victims of Fraudulent Bank Transfer Schemes - (Posted On Thursday, February 17, 2022)
- Ninth Circuit Decisions Reject Coverage for COVID Orders, Leaving Door Open for Cases Presenting Damage Claims - (Posted On Friday, October 08, 2021)
- Insurance Companies Drop Appeal Against the London High Court’s Ruling in the FCA’s “Test-Case” - (Posted On Thursday, October 22, 2020)