p0726 An attorney's representation of an insurance company in homeowner policy coverage disputes, including claims based on moisture intrusion, rot and fungal infestation, was substantially related to a claim subsequently made by the attorney's client against the insurer for bad faith in its handling of a claim under her homeowner's insurance policy for damage due to mold and a water leak, justifying the attorney's disqualification, although 12 years had passed and the attorney claimed he did not recall any confidential information obtained during his representation.CitationBRAND v 20TH CENTURY INS (Claims Expert) 124 CA4 594 [See: R of PC 3310(E); Peo exrel Deukmejian v Brown 29 C3 150; Ahmanson v Salomon 229 CA3 1445; Jessen v Hartford 111 CA4 698, P/AT 9/03]
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