As a Partner at Butler, Brian D. Webb practices law in the areas of third-party bad-faith litigation and complex coverage for the firm. In addition, he works in casualty defense litigation. His practice includes automobile claims, automobile negligence, bodily injury, catastrophic injuries, commercial litigation, and excess coverage.
Brian graduated from Syracuse University College of Law with his Juris Doctor in 1992. Prior to that, he earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from Villanova University in 1987. He joined Butler in 1995.
Brian has contributed several articles to legal publications. He is also a member of several professional organizations, including the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association and the Hillsborough County Bar Association.
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Florida Supreme Court Strengthens use of Proposals for Settlement by Plaintiffs Seeking Attorney Fees Against Defendants with Joint and Several Liability
Anderson v. Hilton Hotels Corp., Case No. SC15-124, 2016 WL 6538663 (Fla. Nov. 3, 2016).SignificanceThe Florida Supreme Court today strengthened a plaintiff’s ability to use a proposal for settlement as a vehicle for recovering attorney fees when suing multiple defendants on a theory of joint and several liability. In an opinion by Justice Lewis, the court held that the determination of wh...
Bad Faith And Ordinary Negligence: Distinguishing The Excusable From The Culpable
Bad faith and ordinary negligence typically involve two very different standards of care. In most jurisdictions, courts agree that proof of bad faith requires a showing of insurer culpability greater than ordinary negligence.Insurance Bad Faith...
Separating Fact From Fiction: Strategies For Contesting The Excess Consent Judgment
Few legal maneuvers generate greater skepticism - among courts and insurers - than the excess consent judgment, an increasingly common settlement device used In liability cases.Insurance Bad Faith ...
Protecting Confidential Communications: Application Of The Attorney-Client Privilege In First-Party Insurance Bad-Cases
Discovery of the insurance company's entire claim file-including confidential communications between the insurer and its attorney-is often the first target on the insured's agenda in a first-party bad-faith lawsuit. In any other context, a party's request for discovery of the opposing party's confidential attorney-client communications would be viewed by courts as a brazen and inappropriate at...
Applying The Litigation Privilege In Bad-Faith Cases
This is one of a series of articles originally published in Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance Bad Faith, Vol. 25, #8 (August 25, 2011). 2011 [BrianD.Webb,Esq.,is a partner with the law firm of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, which has offices in Tampa, Chicago, Charlotte, Mobile, Tallahassee, and Miami. He is an experienced trial and appellate attorney specializing in extra-contrac...
The Duty Of Good Faith: Continuing Into Litigation
This is one of a series of articles under the by line 'Butler on Bad Faith' originally published in Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance Bad Faith, Vol. 13, #12, p. 17 (October 19, 1999). Copyright Butler 1999.First-party bad faith cases are typically based on conduct or events (e.g., settlement offers, investigations and evaluations) occurring during the time period after a claim is made bu...
Standard Of Care In First Party Bad Faith Actions: Is “Fairly Debatable” Fair?
This is one of a series of articles under the by line 'Butler on Bad Faith' originally published in Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 13, #5, p. 21 (July 1, 1999). Copyright Butler 1999.I. IntroductionSince the early 1970s, when first-party bad faith actions came into being,(1) a considerable body of law has developed on the standard of care for insurers to avoid liability. In c...
