Filing a lawsuit is not as simple as saying the words. One common reason for suing an insurance company is based on allegations of fraud. A 2021, opinion from the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division, shows that pleading fraud an insurance company has to meet certain criteria or the…
Here is a type of case insurance lawyers do not see very often. It is from the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division. It is styled, Lamarr Womack & Associates, L.P.; dba LWA Architects, et al v. Lexington Insurance Company. LWA filed a claim against Lexington seeking a defense…
Insurance lawyers will be looking to see what happens in a case taken up by the Texas Supreme Court. The case is an appeal from the Amarillo Court of Appeals who had agreed with the trial court decision to compel arbitration. This is a dispute between an insurance agency “The…
Texas attorneys who handle insurance claims will find an article from the Texas Tribune to interesting. The article published on November 3, 2016, and is titled, Texas Insurer Drops Push To Let Homeowners Forgo Right To Sue. The Texas Farm Bureau has dropped a proposal that would have allowed its…
Grand Prairie insurance lawyers will see insurance policies that contain arbitration provisions. The United States 5th Circuit issued an opinion in 2014 that should be read. The style of the case is Why Nada Cruz, L.L.C. v. Ace American Insurance Company. Here is some of the relevant information. On August…
A lot of homeowners insurance policies in Texas have “appraisal” clauses written into them. So whether you live in Weatherford, Texas, or in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth or Dallas, if you have homeowners insurance you need to be aware of these appraisal paragraphs. An appraisal paragraph is of benefit…
Lots of insurance policies are issued with arbitration agreements written into them. Almost never, will the person taking out the insurance policy be aware of, or ask about an arbitration agreement being part of the insurance policy. Residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Weatherford, or any any city…