Major insurance companies place Chris Gabriel on their most demanding files because they know he is a problem solver, spots hidden issues, presents innovative strategies and keeps them well apprised of developments. Chris specializes in insurance coverage analysis and litigation primarily involving commercial general liability, commercial auto, professional liability, inland marine, commercial property, all risk and excess/umbrella policies.
Experience
- Lead coverage counsel on numerous matters involving underlying construction defects, commercial auto losses, oil and gas losses, environmental losses, crane and large equipment losses, commercial litigation and business torts, and other claims.
- Counseled insurer throughout massive restoration and mitigation undertaking resulting from construction-related crane collapse in major metropolitan area.
- Obtained federal district court summary judgment in hotly contested declaratory judgment coverage action related to serious injury case based on modified injury to employee exclusions contained in CGL policy.
- Won federal court dismissal judgment for engineer clients in first-party coverage case asserting claims of violations of the Texas Insurance Code.
- Obtained defense verdict in commercial auto accident case with complex facts, successfully convincing federal court jury to place almost all liability on responsible third party.