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Christine Haskett represents global companies in complex coverage disputes with their insurers. Ms. Haskett’s practice encompasses disputes involving property and business interruption insurance, asbestos liabilities, product liability claims, construction claims, and D&O insurance. Ms. Haskett represents companies in a wide range of industries, and she has particular expertise within the chemical, oil, and manufacturing industries and with cases involving technologies that leverage her Chemical Engineering background.
Ms. Haskett has also represented semiconductor and pharmaceutical companies in patent and intellectual property-related disputes.
- Represents a leading semiconductor manufacturer in disputes with its property insurers over coverage for business interruption losses arising from incidents at its manufacturing facilities.
- Represents a private equity firm in a dispute with its representations and warranties insurer.
- Represents Wilbur-Ellis Company, a leading international marketer and distributor of agricultural products, animal feed, and specialty chemicals and ingredients, in an insurance coverage dispute relating to product sales (Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co. v. Wilbur-Ellis Co., San Francisco Super. Ct.).
- Represents a property developer in disputes with its liability and property insurers over coverage for damage to a 58-story apartment tower in downtown San Francisco.
- Represents Noranda Aluminum in an insurance coverage lawsuit involving business interruption coverage for an aluminum plant that experienced two major accidents (Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. v. XL Insurance America, Inc., et al., Del. Super. Ct.).
- Represents Freeport-McMoRan Inc. in a lawsuit involving insurance issues arising from asbestos and talc lawsuits (Columbia Cas. Co., et al. v. BP Corp., et al., San Francisco Super. Ct.).
- Represented two major chemical companies, as co-owners of a chemical plant, in obtaining more than $550 million in property damage and business interruption insurance losses through negotiation and arbitration.
- Represented Hudson Transmission Partners in an insurance coverage lawsuit involving business interruption coverage for a power transmission cable (Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, et al., N.J. Super. Ct.).
- Represented Samsung, SK hynix, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., and Allergan in numerous district court patent infringement cases.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Fellow, American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel
- State Bar of California
Previous Experience
- Prior to law school, Ms. Haskett worked as a Process Engineer for Shell Oil Company.
February 6, 2019, Covington Alert
On January 25, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court decided the latest insurance appeal arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and blowout of the Macondo Well on April 20, 2010.
September 13, 2017, Covington Alert
Hurricane Irma has battered much of Florida, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, just days after tropical storm Harvey devastated Houston and its environs. This e-alert provides practical tips to help maximize insurance recoveries for those organizations whose property was damaged or whose business was interrupted by these catastrophic events.
Working with Technical Experts: The Insiders’ Perspective
September 2016, ABA Women in Insurance Conference
August 8, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, August 8, 2014 — Northern California Super Lawyers named Tammy Albarrán one of Northern California’s “Top 50 Women” lawyers and Robert Haslam one of the region’s “Top 100” lawyers. The publication selected 33 Covington & Burling lawyers for its 2014 list of top legal talent. Super Lawyers selects no more than five percent of the total lawyers who ...
Female Powerbrokers Q&A Series
February 28, 2014, Law360
Christine Haskett participated in this series.
June 9, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC, June 10, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP received 92 individual mentions and 32 practice mentions in the Legal 500 US 2011 edition. Legal 500 reviews the strengths and strategies of law firms in more than 90 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America, and the Caribbean. Here are the Covington lawyers and practices ...
July 16, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2010 — Eighteen Covington & Burling LLP lawyers are recognized in the 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers. The annual list by Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the state based upon peer review and the publication’s independent research. Eleven Covington lawyers were named Northern California Super ...
Covington Announces Major Expansion of its Patent Litigation Practice and West Coast Presence
10/6/2008
WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP is significantly expanding its national intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of approximately 50 lawyers in California and Washington, DC. Covington is also opening new offices in Silicon Valley, where it already has a large client base, and San Diego, which presents significant ...
- Northern California Super Lawyers, Insurance Coverage (2017-2018)
- Legal 500 US, Intellectual Property - Patent Litigation (2015)
- Northern California Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property Litigation (2014-2016)