Category Archives: Firm News

Doyle has filed a workers compensation bad faith lawsuit against Liberty Mutual Fire Company and its adjuster following a wrongful delay and denial of an Arizona workers compensation claim.

The plaintiff, a hardworking employee of Airline Training Center, was exiting the wing of an airplane after performing maintenance, when he fell from it. Our client’s forceful impact with the concrete caused re-aggravation to a previously injured right knee and right elbow as well as new injuries to the left knee, forearms, and right wrist.

Doyle Dennis Avery LLP is pleased to announce that  founding partner Mike Doyle has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the American Association for Justice (AAJ) National College of Advocacy.  The National College of Advocacy Board manages all the educational programs and skills colleges of AAJ, the premier national organization for trial lawyers.

Doyle Dennis Avery LLP is pleased to announce that firm partner Patrick M. Dennis has been selected as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers again this year. This is a special classification of Super Lawyer that is open only for lawyers who are 40 years old or younger, or have been in practice for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of the lawyers in a state are selected for this special category.

The massive October 5, 2010, Arizona hailstorm spawned significant damage to consumers and business owners across Maricopa County, as well as jury verdicts against those insurance companies that refused to live up to their promises to timely and properly pay for the full amount of damages sustained by their insureds.  American Family Mutual Insurance Company (“American Family”), one of the largest property insurers in Arizona and across the western United States, was recently unanimously found guilty by a federal jury in Phoenix of breaching its contract for full replacement coverage of our client’s commercial office building in the Scottsdale Airpark business park owned after undervaluing the damage by over $210,000.  The jury’s verdict confirmed that American Family’s adjusters at Pacesetter, as well as its home office adjusters and managers, undervalued the damage caused by the wind, hail, and rain to our client’s property by insisting that no more than $30,000 worth of damage to the building’s roof, windows, and exterior was sustained in the storm, despite overwhelming evidence of much more significant losses.