Mary Elizabeth Corbin

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Senior Associate

  Firm Name

  Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Significant Representative Matters: Prevailed on a motion for summary judgment on behalf of insurer against a plaintiff who had asserted breach of contract for failure to pay mold claims after coverage was acknowledged for water damages. The homeowner did not immediately report the water or mold claims to the insurer
  deposition revealed that she did not properly protect the property from further damage after the water loss occurred, which was a breach of her post-loss duties that prejudiced the insurer.
  Obtained judgment for a national corporation on multiple claims brought against it by an individual for breach of contract, breach of implied warranty of habitability
  negligence,
  obtained summary judgment on our counterclaim for writ of distress
  damages.
  Won final summary judgment on behalf of insurer against a plaintiff who sued without first complying with policy conditions, specifically with her post-loss duty to provide a sworn proof of loss, a condition precedent to recovery of supplemental benefits
  to suit.
  Obtained dismissal of lawsuit, upon filing a motion for summary judgment after deposition revealed that the homeowner misrepresented material facts of a loss during claims adjustment.
  Obtained involuntary dismissal of lawsuit as sanction for plaintiff's repeated discovery violations.