For sixteen years,
Kevin Scanlan’s career has centered on litigation and trial work in a broad
range of cases, including professional liability, transportation law and other
personal injury claims. He also regularly handles insurance coverage/bad faith
actions, products liability lawsuits, toxic tort claims, and commercial
litigation cases, such as actions for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud.
Mr. Scanlan’s trial experience includes cases
involving allegations of medical malpractice, insurance coverage issues,
construction disputes, breach of contract claims, and misappropriation of trade
secrets. In addition to his work at the trial court level, Mr. Scanlan
has also been involved shaping the law of Idaho through several significant
decisions issued by Idaho’s appellate courts. These include: Swallow v. Emergency Medicine of Idaho, P.A., 138
Idaho 589, 67 P.3d 68 (2003)(establishing criteria for admissibility of expert
opinion testimony based upon scientific knowledge); Greenough v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Idaho,
142 Idaho 589, 130 P.2d 1127 (successfully overruling longstanding precedent
regarding accrual of prejudgment interest in underinsured motorist cases); Weeks v. Eastern Idaho Health Services, 143 Idaho 834,
153 P.3d 1180 (further clarifying the test for admission of expert opinion
testimony based upon scientific knowledge) and Brooksby v GEICO, Idaho Supreme Court Docket No. 38761, August 2012
Opinion No. 126 (upholding the rule in Idaho that an insurer cannot be sued
directly by an injured third party). Earlier in his career he obtained
practical experience working with the King County, Washington and Boise City
Prosecuting Attorney’s Offices. Mr. Scanlan is a founder of Duke Scanlan
Hall.