LOS ANGELES — Skechers USA Inc. is suing an insurance company for more than $750,000, alleging the firm breached a contract by not compensating the footwear and apparel giant for litigation costs in defending a class-action consumer lawsuit.

Skechers brought the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against HDI Global Insurance Co. and also alleges tortious breach of contract and unfair competition. A representative for the insurer did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the complaint filed Thursday.

According to the suit, Skechers bought the policy with commercial liability coverage in Los Angeles in 2019. Four years later, plaintiff Alicia C. Valdivia filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Skechers in Northern California, alleging that consumers were harmed by accidents caused by the alleged lack of slip-resistance on the shoes bought on or after November 2019.

HDI Global was obligated to, among other things, pay for Skechers’ defense in the Valdivia suit, the complaint alleges. But due to the insurer’s alleged failure to do so, Skechers has been “improperly forced to bear substantial fees and costs in the defense of the Valdivia action,” the suit states.

Skechers believes HDI Global’s refusal to indemnify the footwear company was done so “with a willful and conscious disregard of Skechers’ rights and with the intent to injure Skechers,” the suit alleges.