Craig E. Stewart Senior Counsel Co-chair, Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Group 101 Arch Street, Suite 1930 | Boston, MA 02110 Direct: 617.748.5216 | Fax: 617.748.5249 [email protected]
Craig Stewart has over 25 years of jury and jury-waived trial experience in Practice Areas insurance coverage and bad faith litigation as well as in a wide variety of Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability products liability and complex commercial matters. He has successfully Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith defended professional and specialty lines liability carriers against claims of bad Financial Lines faith claims handling, denial of coverage and failure to settle brought by policy holders claiming millions of dollars in actual and punitive damages. He has Product Liability served on the national trial team and as Massachusetts coordinating counsel Commercial Litigation for product liability claims of an international medical device manufacturer, Bar and Court Admissions and has tried to verdict multiple products liability and general negligence cases. Massachusetts U.S District Court for the District of In addition, Craig is an experienced commercial litigator who has represented Massachusetts corporations in a number of different industries including the defense of U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit pharmaceutical manufacturers against claims of patent infringement and theft Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court of trade secrets. U.S. Supreme Court
Craig is a Vice Chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the Tort U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Trial and Insurance Section of the ABA and is an active member of the Defense Research Institute and the Council on Litigation Management. He is also a Education Trustee and Past President of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Harvard Law School, JD primary provider of continuing legal education in the Commonwealth. Harvard College, BA, cum laude
Representative Matters Memberships American Bar Association ● Defense of national insurer against claims of wrongful denial of coverage and bad faith claims handling; and prosecution of counterclaim for Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Member and Vice Chair Insurance recoupment of amount paid in settlement of underlying claim. Multimillion Coverage Litigation Committee dollar settlement in favor of insurer and dismissal of complaint National Trial Academy and Continuing ● Defense of medical malpractice insurance against claims of bad faith refusal Legal Education Board to settle arising out of multimillion dollar excess verdicts Section of Litigation, Intellectual Property Committee ● As National Coordinating Counsel for national multi-line insurer, provides guidance on preventing, handling and defending extracontractual claims in Retired President, Massachusetts jurisdictions throughout the United States Continuing Legal Education, Inc. Boston Bar Association, Administration ● Defense of national insurers in multiple jurisdictions against claims of bad of Justice Section faith denial of coverage, bad faith settlement practices, and bad faith claims handling in connection with a broad spectrum of policies and coverages Defense Research Institute
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including D&O, E&O, CGL, professional liability, financial institutions, Council on Litigation Management property, construction defect, UM/UIM and workers compensation
● Defense of national class action against international manufacturer of radiant heating panels alleging breach of warranty, negligent design, supervision and failure to warn. Class certification denied and all individual claims settled on favorable terms
● Defense of putative class action against manufacturer of artificial hips alleging breach of contract, breach of warranty, and negligent misrepresentation. Motion to dismiss granted
● Member, National Trial Team, and Massachusetts counsel for Baxter International and Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Defense of medical device products liability claims
● Defense of national manufacturer of cooking ranges against claims of breach of warranty and negligent design allegedly resulting in stove explosion causing plaintiff to be burned over 70% of his body. Defense verdict after jury trial
● Defense of international engineering firm in action alleging defective specification and design of electrical system for new twenty-seven story hotel, arising out of explosion and fire destroying hotel electrical equipment room and resultant claims for multimillion dollar economic loss. Defense verdict after jury trial
● Defense of international hotel chain against claims of inadequate security by plaintiff seeking punitive damages for brain injury and three month hospitalization arising out of attack. Defense verdict after jury trial
● Defense of international pharmaceutical corporation in cross border litigation against claims of unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets seeking over $60 million in damages
● Defense of air to ground missile guidance system component manufacturer against claims of breach of warranty and misrepresentation seeking damages of over $30 million
Recognition & Involvement Craig has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of Insurance Law and Product Liability - Defendants since 2016. He was also named a "New England Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers from 2009-2017.
Craig is an avid hiker and member of the Appalachian Mountain Club.
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Coverage College® 2014 Brings Over 600 Students Together for Eighth Annual Insurance Industry Event October 3, 2014
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Events Coverage College 2021 Thursday, October 21, 2021 | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
Coverage College 2019 October 24, 2019
Avoiding, Managing and Defeating Bad Faith Claims 12th Annual Coverage College | October 4, 2018
A New Set of Rules: How the Restatement Expands Bad Faith Liability by Calling it Something Else 26th TIPS Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Mid-Year Conference – Tool Box Presentation (Phoenix, AZ) | February 23, 2018
A New Set of Rules: How the Restatement Expands Bad Faith Liability by Calling it Something Else White and Williams Coverage College | October 26, 2017
Bad Faith and the Restatement: How the Requirement of Knowledge or Reckless Disregard May Protect Insurers From the Most Hostile Jurisdictions White and Williams Coverage College | October 26, 2017
“The New Normal or a Bump in the Road?” – How Policyholders and Insurers Will be Affected by the ALI’s Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance 25th TIPS Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Mid-Year Conference – (Phoenix, AZ) | February 23, 2017
The Bad and the Ugly: Worst Bad Faith Decisions of 2015-2016 White and Williams Coverage College | September 22, 2016
Double Agents, Order-Takers, and Special Advisors – The Producer’s Intriguing Role in Coverage Disputes 24th TIPS Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Mid-Year Conference (Phoenix, AZ) | February 19, 2016
How to Protect or Lose the Attorney Client Privilege When an Insurer Defends Under a Reservation of Rights ABA/TIPS Member Monday Webinar | December 7, 2015
The Covenant Judgment Problem CLM (Claims & Litigation Management Alliance), 2015 Annual Conference – (Palm Desert, CA) | March 26, 2015
"How to Protect or Lose the Attorney Client Privilege When an Insurer Defends Under a Reservation of Rights," Moderator ABA-TIPS ICLC Mid-Winter Meeting (Phoenix, AZ) | February 20, 2015
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The Bad And The Ugly: Ten Worst Recent Decisions On Insurer Bad Faith Liability White and Williams Coverage College | October 2, 2014
Insuring Against Terrorism - TRIA and Private Insurance in the Wake of the Boston Bombings 2014 ABA Annual Meeting - Tort Trials & Insurance Practice Section (Boston, MA) | August 8, 2014
"Effective Use of Experts, Consultants and Visuals in Winning a Coverage Case," Moderator ABA-TIPS ICLC Mid-Winter Meeting (Phoenix, AZ) | February 20, 2014
"Intervention: What? Why? When? Will it Succeed?," Speaker American Conference Institute - Bad Faith Litigation (Miami, FL) | November 21, 2013
"Demand Letters: Reading Between the Lines," Moderator American Conference Institutes 24th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation (Philadelphia, PA) | April 29, 2013
"Expert Witnesses in Bad Faith Litigation" and "Tool Box Luncheon," Panelist and Co-Chair ABA-TIPS ICLC Mid-Winter Meeting (Phoenix, AZ) | February 25, 2013
"Now You See It, Now You Don't: The Disappearing Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges in Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation," Moderator ABA-TIPS ICLC Mid-Winter Meeting (Phoenix, AZ) | February 24, 2013
"The Bad Faith Trial: Winning Approaches to Implement Into Your Trial Strategies," Speaker American Conference Institutes 20th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation (Orlando, FL) | February 18, 2013
"The Unexpected Verdict in Excess of Policy Limits: What Happens Now," Moderator and Panelist ABA-TIPS ICLC Mid-Winter Meeting (Phoenix, AZ) | February 14, 2013
"Bolden/Rhodes - Panel Discussion on Bad Faith," Panelist CRICO Law Day at CRICO - Controlled Risk Insurance Company - (Cambridge, MA) | November 16, 2012
"The Unexpected Excess Judgment and Assignment of Bad Faith Claims: What Now? The Insurer's 'Right' to Intervene and other Problems," Moderator and Presenter CLM (Claims & Litigation Management Alliance), Insurance Bad Faith & Coverage Conference (Boston, MA) | September 14, 2012
"Contract Workshop: Best Practice Indemnification Provisions," Speaker 2009 BIO International Convention (Atlanta, GA) | May 2009
"Settling Complex Claims While Avoiding Bad Faith Liability To Everyone," Panel Presentation, Chair ABATIPS ICLC Mid-Winter Meeting (Los Angeles, CA) | February 26, 2009
"Billing Guidelines and Auditors – Are they Ethical? Are They Legal?," Presentation, Panelist and Program Chair American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (New York, NY) | August 8, 2008
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"Navigating Ethical Issues in Bad Faith Cases," Speaker American Conference Institutes 16th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation (Miami, FL) | November 7, 2007
"Anatomy of a Bad Faith Trial," Speaker Mealey's Bad Faith Litigation Conference (Philadelphia, PA) | September 25, 2007
Publications Despite No Privity of Contract, Indiana Appellate Court Holds Additional Insured with UIM Claim May Sue for Bad Faith Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert | March 11, 2020
How a Little-Known Senate Bill Could Help Stem the Tide of Bad Faith Litigation in Florida Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Alert | February 3, 2020
The Changing Shape of Bad Faith under the Restatement: What Are the Consequences When an Insurer Breaches Its Duty to Settle or Defend? ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section - TortSource | Spring 2018
Double Agents, Order-Takers, and Special Advisors – The Producer’s Intriguing Role in Coverage Disputes TIPS Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Mid-Year Conference Report | Winter 2016
The Covenant Judgment Problem CLM Annual Meeting Report | Spring 2015
Next On SCOTUS: A Significant Case For Drug Manufacturers, Co-author Law 360 | January 17, 2013
Case Study: Texas Mutual Insurance v. Ruttiger, Co-author Law360.com | October 26, 2011
Chapter 14, "Deductibles and Self-Insured Retentions" and Chapter 16, "Provisions Concerning Coverage Disputes," Co- author ABA Reference Handbook on the CGL Policy, ABA-TIPS ICLC Book | March 2010
Bad Faith Judgments, Co-author, informa insurance, in association with Edwards Wildman Palmer The Review: The US Re/Insurance Recession Survival Guide | 2009
Ten Tips for Trying an Excess Verdict Bad Faith Case American Bar Association, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Newsletter | Summer 2008
For the Defense: Trying an Excess Verdict Bad Faith Case, Co-author Edwards Wildman Palmer Insurance and Reinsurance Update | December 2007
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Cases & Deals White and Williams Obtains Injunction for Massachusetts Coalition of Police in Contract Dispute with I.U.P.A December 5, 2019
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