Tyrone R. Childress
550 South Hope St.
Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90071

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• In re September 11th Liability Insurance Coverage Cases.  Served as counsel for World Trade Center Properties LLC and Larry Silverstein seeking to enforce insurance coverage rights relating to liability claims arising from terrorism-related events of September 11, 2001.
• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company.  Obtained complete dismissal with prejudice of all claims against Union Pacific relating to a rescission and fraud action brought in federal court in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority over the ownership rights to fiber optic easements throughout the Los Angeles Basin, pursuant to a $450 million real estate transaction.
• Southern Pacific Transportation Company v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s/London.  Acted as lead counsel for Southern Pacific (now Union Pacific) in complex coverage litigation against more than two dozen insurers for environmental claims at 63 sites across the Western United States.
• Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Cigna Property & Casualty Co.  Served as lead counsel in a successful representation of a major tire manufacturer in a breach of contract and bad faith claim regarding foreign coverage obligations relating to underlying alleged tire failure cases.
• In re Wireless Phone Product Liability Litigation.  Represented Verizon Wireless with respect to its insurance coverage and contractual indemnity rights arising from a multidistrict litigation proceeding involving underlying class actions alleging injuries from wireless phone use.
• Nilsen v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, et al.  Obtained one of the few rulings ever finding federal pre-emption of Proposition 65, resulting in complete dismissal of all Proposition 65, nuisance, trespass and unfair business practice claims.
• Union Pacific Railroad Company v AISLIC (AIG).  Successfully enforced Union Pacific's status as an additional insured and its right to a defense for underlying toxic tort actions.
• Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. v. Pacific Insurance Co.  Successfully represented a railroad in multimillion dollar arbitration regarding applicability of indemnity provisions in an industry detour agreement to train collision and derailment in Acoma, Nevada.
• Southern California Gas Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's/London.  Successfully prosecuted a complex action against over a dozen insurers for coverage for environmental claims at over 40 sites throughout California.
• Bijan Designer for Men, Inc. v. First Specialty Insurance Co.  Successfully represented a leading fashion designer in an action against an insurer and broker for coverage for theft losses relating to a London jewelry heist.
• Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Company.  Represented Cisco in arbitration relating to coverage for stock option claims against predecessor entity under employment practices liability policy.
• Columbia Casualty Co. v. Unilab Corp.  Resolved coverage dispute with D&O and general liability insurers relating to former executive's disability claim.
• Container Components, Inc. v. Goldmark Plastics, Inc.  Successfully defended national plastics reseller in fraud and warranty action relating to product quality representations.
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company.  Negotiated favorable multi-million dollar settlement and obtained key threshold rulings on behalf of railroad policyholder in complex coverage litigation for thousands of underlying hearing loss claims.
• IPCM v AIG (California).  Within two weeks, convinced insurer to reverse coverage denial and provide full coverage for underlying employment discrimination claim.
• Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Continental Ins. Co., et al.  Obtained very substantial (amount is confidential) fee recovery in Cumis counsel fee arbitration relating to defense of multiple complex underlying toxic tort actions.
• Northrop Corp. v. American Motorists Ins. Co.  Member of trial team that obtained one of the largest verdicts in California in the 1990s relating to coverage for environmental claims at facility in Norwood, Massachusetts.
• Pacific Rail Services, Inc. v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.  Won arbitration and awarded all damages sought relating to contractor's indemnity and additional insured obligations arising from Texas accident.
• Pneumo Abex Corp. v. Whitman Corp.  Successfully enforced right of client to control terms and proceeds of substantial (amount is confidential) settlement and trust arrangement in complex arbitration proceeding.
• Sammons Financial Group v Steadfast Insurance Company (New Mexico).  Successfully resolved dispute relating to coverage for underlying class action lawsuit.
• Santa Fe Pipelines, LLC v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company.  Defended railroad in indemnity dispute arising from derailment and pipeline damage.
• Sega Gaming Technology, Inc. v. Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co.  Favorably settled coverage dispute relating to alleged gaming software defects and manufacturer indemnity obligations for electronic gaming machines located in Europe and South America.