Many law firms attempt to represent both insurance companies and injured people
who have claims against insurance companies. Unless the insurance company is
the same one in both cases, there is usually nothing illegal or impermissible
about this practice.
However, there are times when a client's interests require a position to be
taken about the law that is opposed by the entire insurance industry. Precedent
set in one case can detrimentally affect all insurance companies with cases
of that type pending. That puts a lawyer who tries to handle both sides of
liability claims in a difficult position. He knows that winning the case for
one injured client could hurt his insurance company clients on many, many other
open cases.
That is a problem we avoid in our firm by simply refusing to represent insurance
companies in cases against injured people. .