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Insurance
The Risks & Insurance team at CPC & Associés, led by our partners Patricia Coletti and Benjamin Potier, offers its clients expert advice in risk management and civil, commercial, and criminal liability litigation.
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Patricia Coletti
Benjamin Potier
A selection of some of our recent matters
Insurance
- Defending insurers in denial of coverage disputes: conditions of coverage, exclusions, etc.
- Coverage dispute arising from road transportation of pharmaceutical product frozen by extreme cold temperature
- Coverage dispute for cinema business interruption losses arising from the Covid-19 pandemic
- Assistance in the drafting of policies (Medical Malpractice, Cyber, General liability etc.)
Professional liability / Financial lines / D&O liability
- Damage to client’s property during maintenance and repair services
- Defence of a loss adjuster in proceedings launched by an Insured for alleged improper advice given by the insured
- Action against a bank for for misleading commercial practices in the marketing of loans in Swiss currency (Helvet Immo case, group action by 3000 clients)
- Defending insurers against claims brought for injuries arising during sport/leisure courses (paragliding, leisure aircraft, etc.)
- Defending the former directors of a company against criminal prosecution for white collar crime (favouritism in a public procurement)
Product Liability
- Product liability proceedings against aircraft manufacturers following air accidents
- Assisting a Taiwanese manufacturer of photovoltaic panels against claims made by several photovoltaic plant owners arising from alleged serial defects to the panels (over 200,000 units of the subject type sold on the French market)
- Defending manufacturer of exoskeleton for damage allegedly caused by the exoskeleton to the user
- Defense of the manufacturer of an allegedly defected wheel following major train accident
Environment
- Defense of an industrial company against an action by environmental protection associations following hydrocarbon pollution during a tank filling operation
- Assistance to an air carrier in the aftermath of hydrocarbon pollution from a leaking tank; recourse against the service provider responsible for the leak
- Defense of a major wind farm operator in criminal proceedings for infringement of protected species laws
Renewable energies
- Defense of wind farm operator in criminal proceedings for infringement of protected species laws
- Assisting a Taiwanese manufacturer of photovoltaic panels against claims made by several photovoltaic plant owners arising from alleged serial defects to the panels (over 200,000 units of the subject model sold on the French market)
Medical Malpractice
- Monitoring claims against insured hospitals for a foreign insurer in collaboration with local TPA
- Defending against Med Malpractice claims before administrative courts and CCI;
- Assistance in the drafting of hospital, clinical and medical devices policies
Employer’s liability
- Defending a transportation company against a claim made by his employee for injury sustained in the course of his job
- Recourse made by the employer against the contractor in the premises of which the employee got injured
Transport
- Defending airlines against claims made by passengers injured during transportation services
- Defending airlines against claims made by clients for damage to cargo
- Leisure aircraft: damage to passengers, damage to aircraft
- Action against a customs agent for failure to provide information on the regulations applicable to the importation of goods
Criminal and administrative proceedings
- Criminal defense in the context of prosecutions for offenses involving personal injury or manslaughter in the aftermath of accidents
- Criminal action against a bank for misleading commercial practices
- Action before the administrative courts against the French State to recover compensations paid under liability and damage policies, due to the State’s fault in contributing to the loss
- Defending the former directors of a company against criminal prosecution for white collar crime (favouritism in a public procurement)
Founded in 2005, CPC & Associés is a boutique law firm specialising in Business Law.
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