A duty of care, and common sense
Jean-Claude Rioux, a partner with Brauti Thorning Zibarras, writes in an article for Lawyers Weekly, “It may be difficult for a lawyer who doesn’t specialize in insurance to determine whether an insurer’s position on coverage is correct. Fortunately, a potential plaintiff’s lawyer doesn’t always need to figure out if the insurer’s position really is correct.
“If a potential plaintiff asked a broker or agent for advice, a lawyer may be able to solve the problem by leaving the broker and insurer to sort it out,” he writes. Read Jean-Claude Rioux in Lawyers Weekly
