Property insurance claims litigation often requires hiring several experts. Policyholders may need to retain a construction cost expert and engineer to give opinions on property damage, a bad faith expert regarding claims handling practices, and an accountant regarding business income losses. Depending on the case, the list can quickly grow to include an architect, a hygienist, and many more.
Insurers almost always challenge the insured’s experts and the admissibility of those experts’ opinions at trial by filing a “Daubert” motion requesting that the court disallow expert opinions. Experts
