Practice Areas

Insurance Defense and Coverage Issues

The firm has deep roots in insurance practice. One of the founding members of the firm, Philip E. Byron, Jr., was widely regarded as the premier insurance defense practitioner in northern Indiana. The tradition has continued with Bob Sanders, who has practiced in the insurance defense field for more than thirty years and who has handled literally thousands of disputes on behalf of carriers and insureds.

The firm has also developed a strong practice in insurance coverage issues, including environmental liability claims, and has filed and defended many declaratory judgment actions, obtaining litigated resolutions to complex insurance questions. In the reported decision of Aetna Life and Casualty Ins. Co. v. Patrick Industries, Inc ., 645 N.E.2d 656 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995), Bob Sanders and Matt Yeakey secured a landmark decision in the Indiana Court of Appeals in a case interpreting product and work exclusions in commercial liability policies.

For additional information regarding Insurance Defense and Coverage Issues, please contact one of the attorneys listed below:

Robert T. Sanders III
Matthew A. Yeakey
Bradford R. Shively