Andrew Stewart Hollins

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Messner Reeves LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Won summary judgment on behalf of a multinational electronics company in a worker's compensation case in which an employee of an HVAC subcontractor fell through an access hole cut in the ceiling of the client's warehouse/office facility. Though no evidence existed, the plaintiff claimed that our client was liable for a subcontractor that allegedly removed the plywood covering the access holes
  replaced it with cardboard.
  Won summary judgment on appeal on behalf of an insurance company by demonstrating that the truck a teenager was driving when he had an accident was not identified in the plaintiffs' policies
  therefore was not covered. This also put an end to a subsequent bad faith action.
  Secured summary judgment on behalf of an insurer in a case where plaintiffs, the family of an elderly man who was hit by a vehicle while walking in a marked crosswalk, sought $1.5 million in damages for wrongful death. The court of appeals upheld the trial court's motion.
  Won summary judgment for an insurance client by demonstrating that the plaintiff's causes of action weren't covered under the contractual limitations period.
  Won an appeal of a summary judgment motion in which the appellate court upheld the trial court's decision in favor of our insurance company client by finding that the underlying suit was not covered due to the insurance policy's assault or battery exclusion.
  Obtained summary judgment in favor of multiple insurers when an insurance agent breached a commission sharing agreement, despite the agent's allegation that our client was liable in numerous alternative causes of action.
  Secured summary judgment for an insurance company against a bad faith allegation for denying a theft/v
  alism claim by demonstrating that the plaintiff made material misrepresentations during the claim process.
  Successfully defended an insurance carrier
  its agent against breach of contract
  bad faith claims. We prevailed by demonstrating that the policy was properly rescinded when the plaintiff made false statements in the application for coverage.
  Won a motion for summary judgment on behalf of an insurer against a third-party creditor that sought to collect on a default judgment obtained against the insured in a civil action from our client by proving that coverage for the civil action was barred by Insurance Code section 533.