A policyholder in Weatherford, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Colleyville, Newark, or any other city in Texas could find themselves in a position where they are having to sue their underinsured/uninsured (UIM) insurance company. And at the same time, they might be having to sue the person with whom…
Auto policy holders in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Azle, Dallas, Weatherford, or any other city in Texas would want to know what all that “stuff” in their auto policy means. One part that is pretty easy to explain is the “Named Driver Exclusion.” This is other times called…
What if you are a “good ole boy” in Weatherford, Texas? Or for that matter, in Arlington, Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, or Dallas, and you have a gun rack in your vehicle. In the gun rack you have a loaded firearm. Next, the firearm is accidently discharged. Will your insurance…
Grand Prairie policy holders, Arlington, Fort Worth, Weatherford, or anybody else in Texas who has a policy with underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) should be aware of a recent case decided in Texas. The case is Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas v. Synthia McClain. This case was an appeal from the…
Whether you live in Weatherford, Texas, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Dallas, or Fort Worth, the answer to the above would be the same. Texas insurance law is going to apply to all residents of Texas, no matter where in the state they live. Of course there is no one answer…
Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield residents and residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Weatherford who have uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage on their automobile insurance policy should fill good about a case decided by the Texas Supreme Court in 1974. The case is styled, Raul C. Franco et ux. v. Allstate…
Grand Prairie residents beware; Weatherford residents beware; Arlington, Mansfield, Dallas, Fort Worth residents beware. Here is a case that makes you angry at the insurance company when you get into the details of how this person was treated by her insurance company and those associated with them. The case is…
A Dallas Appeals Court upheld a lower Court ruling in an interesting case. The ruling applies to the same facts anywhere in Texas, including, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, or Weatherford. This case is valid law today but was decided in 1989. The fact pattern is unique. The style of…
Punative damages and “exemplary” damages are essentially the same thing in Texas. The way exemplary damages works in Texas is the same regardless of whether you live in Arlington, Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Dallas, or Weatherford. The Texas Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas, recently dealt with the issue of…
Diminished value claims have to be looked at from two different standing points. In Texas, whether you are in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, or out in Weatherford, the same rules to go by are going to apply. Diminished value would be the difference in the value of your…