Craig E. Stewart

Craig Stewart has over 25 years of jury and jury-waived trial experience in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation as well as in a wide variety of products liability and complex commercial matters. He has successfully defended professional and specialty lines liability carriers against claims of bad faith claims, denial of coverage, and failure to settle brought by policy holders claiming millions of dollars in actual and punitive damages. He has served on the national trial team and as Massachusetts coordinating counsel for product liability claims of an international medical device manufacturer, and has tried to verdict multiple products liability and general negligence cases.

• Defense of national insurer against claims of wrongful denial of coverage and bad faith claims handling; and prosecution of counterclaim for recoupment of amount paid in settlement of underlying claim; multimillion dollar settlement in favor of insurer and dismissal of complaint
• Defense of medical malpractice insurance against claims of bad faith refusal to settle arising out of multimillion dollar excess verdicts
• As National Coordinating Counsel for national multi-line insurer, provides guidance on preventing, handling and defending extracontractual claims in jurisdictions throughout the United States
• Defense of national insurers in multiple jurisdictions against claims of bad faith denial of coverage, bad faith settlement practices, and bad faith claims handling in connection with a broad spectrum of policies and coverages including D&O, E&O, CGL, professional liability, financial institutions, property, construction defect, UM/UIM and workers compensation
• Defense of national class action against international manufacturer of radiant heating panels alleging breach of warranty, negligent design, supervision and failure to warn; class certification denied and all individual claims settled on favorable terms