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Clay Crawford
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Clay Crawford

Member in Kansas City
816.460.2831

“My goal is to achieve the client’s objective in every matter with experience, integrity, and a strategic approach.”

Clay is an accomplished coverage, bad faith, and catastrophic injury defense lawyer, with the industry and trial experience to accomplish your objective.

  • Past President of the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
  • Responsible for more than thirty reported decisions in coverage, extra-contractual, and personal injury cases
  • Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel
 

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Crawford Clay
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Clay Crawford

Member in Kansas City
816.460.2831

Clay Crawford has substantial jury trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts throughout Missouri and Kansas. His practice focuses on insurance litigation, the defense of personal injury claims, construction defect litigation, commercial disputes and general trial practice, with an emphasis on insurance coverage and extracontractual matters.

Clay is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel and a past president of the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. He previously served as an officer of Employers Reinsurance Corporation, now part of Swiss Re.

In addition to his trial practice, Clay has served as an adjunct professor of insurance law at the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law. He has been a frequent lecturer on the subject of insurer extra-contractual liability, uninsured and underinsured motorist law, and various other litigation-related topics.

Admissions

  • Missouri
  • USDC, Eastern District of Missouri
  • USDC, Western District of Missouri
  • USDC, District of Kansas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Education

  • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D., with Honors, 1993
    • Dean's List, All Semesters
    • Top 10% Graduate
    • AmJur Award Recipient
    • Order of the Bench & Robe
  • University of Missouri, B.A. Economics, with Honors, 1990
    • University Scholar
    • Member, Beta Theta Pi

Memberships & Activities

  • ALFA International
    • Member, Insurance Practice Group
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • American College of Coverage Counsel, Fellow
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
  • DRI
  • Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
    • Trial Academy Faculty Member (2024)
    • Co-Chair, Trial Academy (2023)
    • Past President
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
    • Adjunct Professor, Insurance Law

Awards & Recognition

  • Chambers USA, Missouri, 2020-present
    •  Insurance (2020-present)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated, 2006-present
  • Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2009-present
    • Top 10 Missouri & Kansas Attorney, 2024
    • Top 50 Kansas City Attorney, 2018-present
    • Top 100 Missouri & Kansas Attorney, 2018-present
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Kansas City Metropolitan Area, 2012-present
    • Insurance Law (2013-present)
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2013-present)
    • Insurance "Lawyer of the Year" (2014, 2020-2021)
  • Kansas City Business Journal “Best of the Bar”
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Lawyers in Missouri List, 2016
  • The Best Lawyers in Kansas City by Ingram’s Magazine

Community Involvement

  • United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Kansas City - Past Director, Board of Directors
  • Youth Sports Coach

Publications

  • Contributor: ALFA International Compendium, Insurance Law, Missouri Section (2023, 2024)

Presentations

  • Panelist: Recurring Discovery Issues in Bad Faith Litigation, American Bar Association 32nd Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Mid-Year Program (February 22, 2024)
  • Co-Host: Clay Crawford on the Duty to Defend, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel FedSpeaks Podcast (August 14, 2023)
  • Co-Presenter: Effective Strategies for Navigating Time Limit Demands, DRI Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar (June 15, 2023)
  • Co-Presenter: Strategies for Evaluation of Damages, Mediation & Settlement, DRI Sexual Torts Seminar (March 14, 2023)

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Cases

  • Siddens v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co., 631 S.W.3d 675 (Mo. App. W.D. 2021)
  • Loveland, III v. Austin and Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., 626 S.W.3d 716 (Mo. App. E.D. 2021)
  • Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Browning, 621 S.W.3d 619 (Mo. App. W.D. 2021)
  • Rieth v. Std. Fire Ins. Co., 616 S.W.3d 490 (Mo. App. S.D. 2020)
  • Britt v. Otto, 577 S.W.3d 133 (Mo. App. W.D. 2019)
  • State Ex Rel. Shelter Mut. Inc. v. Wagner, 575 S.W. 3d 476 (Mo. App. W.D. 2018).
  • Fouts v. Regency N. Acquisition, LLC, 569 S.W.3d 463 (Mo. App. W.D. 2018).
  • Kile v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., 537 S.W.3d 378 (Mo. App. E.D. 2017).
  • Williams v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 845 F.3d 891 (8th Cir. 2017).
  • Shelter v. Vasseur, 481 S.W.3d 82 (Mo. App. S.D. 2016).
  • Purscell v. TICO Ins. Co., 959 F.Supp. 1195 (W.D. Mo. 2013), aff’d Purscell v. TICO Ins. Co., 790 F.3d 842 (8th Cir. 2015).
  • Cowin v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., 460 S.W.3d 76 (Mo. App. W.D. 2015).
  • Yager v. Shelter Gen. Ins. Co., 460 S.W.3d 68 (Mo. App. W.D. 2015).
  • Charter Oak Fire Ins. Co. v. Nelson, 2014 WL 5107025 (W.D. Mo. October 10, 2014).
  • Floyd-Tunnell v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., 439 S.W.3d 215 (Mo. banc 2014).
  • Eichholz v. Secura Supreme Ins. Co., 735 F.3d 822 (8th Cir. 2013).
  • Payne v. Grinnell Mut. Reinsurance Co., 716 F.3d 487 (8th Cir. 2013).
  • Warden v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., 480 S.W.3d 403 (Mo. App. W.D. 2013).
  • Brand v. Kansas City Gastroenterology & Hepatology, LLC, 414 S.W.3d 546 (Mo. App. W.D. 2013).
  • Bush v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., 412 S.W.3d 336 (Mo. App. W.D. 2013).
  • Shaw v. Mega Industries, Corp., 406 S.W.3d 466 (Mo. App. W.D. 2013).
  • Assurance Co. of America v. Secura Ins. Co., 384 S.W.3d 224 (Mo. App. E.D. 2012).
  • Wasson v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., 358 S.W.3d 113 (Mo. App. W.D. 2011).
  • Long v. Shelter Ins. Companies, 351 S.W.3d 692 (Mo. App. W.D. 2011).
  • Husak v. Simon, 332 S.W.3d 221 (Mo. App. E.D. 2010).
  • Martin v. Spartan Light Metal Products, LLC, 280 S.W.3d 109 (Mo. App. E.D. 2009).
  • First Specialty Ins. Corp. v. Novapro Risk Solutions, LP, 468 F.Supp.2d 1321 (D. Kan. 2007).
  • Barron v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., 230 S.W. 3d 649 (Mo. App. W.D. 2007).
  • Peters v. Dollar General Corp., 165 S.W.3d 556 (Mo. App. E.D. 2005).

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