Daniel J. Layden

Practice Areas

Daniel J. Layden represents the world’s largest insurance carriers in sophisticated coverage, bad faith and reinsurance litigation involving multiple product lines, including directors and officers, errors and omissions, fiduciary, employment practices liability, reps and warranties, general liability, healthcare, and property & casualty coverage disputes. Dan is national counsel for two international carriers in managing litigation flowing from the national opioid crisis. He has first and second chair trial experience and has argued cases in state and federal appellate courts. Along with litigating such complex cases, Dan regularly provides insurers with comprehensive coverage advice.

In addition to his insurance coverage practice, Dan has counseled clients and tried cases involving business contract disputes, trademark and patent infringement, personal injury, employment discrimination and consumer class actions.

Career

Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Shareholder, 2009 - Present; DLA Piper, Of Counsel, 1999 - 2009; Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Associate, 1997 - 1999.

Professional Memberships

Dan is a member of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations.

Work Highlights

- Represented excess insurer in Delaware Superior Court and Delaware Supreme Court, winning a reversal and judgement at Supreme Court, in $50 million D&O dispute concerning coverage for securities claims. Appeal also addressed whether trial court wrongly denied separate trial on allocation and reasonableness of defense costs and Delaware choice of law.

-Obtained a favorable settlement for a global insurance company specializing in reinsurance in litigation over the insurers’ duty to cover a company’s settlement with the state of Texas over the company’s alleged mishandling of Medicaid claims.

- Won a dismissal of direct claims against insurance adjuster and his employer, and secured dismissal of claims against the Japanese parent of Bermuda insurer while also securing a favorable settlement for insurer in a strongly contested litigation in Missouri.

-Jacob Horn, et al. v. Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc.: Secured summary judgment for insurer in connection with coverage demand for $60 million consent judgment entered to resolve for alleged underlying violations of the TCPA. Later prevailed before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which upheld the District Court ruling that the policy did not cover the invasion of privacy claims brought in the underlying action.

-Massachusetts Bay Ins. Co. v. American Healthcare Services Association, et al.: Won partial summary judgment on duty to defend and participated in related indemnity appeal before the Supreme Court of New Hampshire in a case involving a multi-million dollar healthcare insurance dispute stemming from dozens of patients contracting Hepatitis C while being treated at a New Hampshire area hospital, which ultimately led to a criminal prosecution.

-Connect America Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Arch Insurance Company: Secured jury verdict in favor of insurer in $5 million coverage and bad faith claim arising from underlying trademark litigation.

-Represent insurers in litigation over the applicability of professional liability policies issued to athletic and educational institutions to certain circumstances where the institutions are sued for gross negligence, negligence, negligent failure to warn or protect and other charges related to abuse or other sexual misconduct.

Education