David A. Gauntlett: Dean of the "Coverage B" Bar

Our principal, David A. Gauntlett, answers four questions in Coverage Opinions on the scope, character and history of utilization of "Coverage B" of the CGL policy.

David Gauntlett, of Gauntlett & Associates in Irvine, California is the Dean of the “Coverage B” Bar. While no Blue Ribbon panel was convened to reach that conclusion, sometimes one isn’t needed. He just is. For over three decades, David has been litigating cases, for policyholders, involving coverage for intellectual property and various types of personal and advertising injuries. He has been lead counsel in such cases pending in over 30 states. When I see a Coverage B decision, the first thing I do is to check to see if David represented the policyholder. And so often he did. A Westlaw search: “personal or advertising w/5 injury and Gauntlett” returns an incredible 148 results. And some are precedent-setting. 

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