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…
You live in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas, Weatherford, or anywhere else in Texas and you get treated wrong with your insurance policy – Who do you sue? The answer is not very hard. First of all …. seek the advice of an experienced Insurance Law Attorney. Then ……
Is a Grand Prairie resident who purchases an auto policy a person or a consumer for purposes of Texas law? What about residents of Arlington, Fort Worth, Weatherford, or Dallas? Why does it matter? The Texas Insurance Code allows “persons” to bring claims against insurance companies and their agents. The…
If a resident of Grand Prairie or Arlington or other cities such as Dallas, Fort Worth, Weatherford, and others in Texas has a policy of insurance with a limit and another policy that covers claims that go over the limit of the first insurance policy, what happens if the primary…
Regardless of what kind of insurance you have purchased or where in Texas the purchase occurred, the same law applies. So residents of Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Dallas, Fort Worth, or Weatherford, all get treated the same. This will be the first part of a several part writing on “unfair…
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…
Almost all insurance disputes are going to have situations where an attorney is involved. Too many times these disputes end up in lawsuits. Prior posts on this blog have shown how most situations are going to require the insurance company to pay or reimburse attorneys fees where the policy holder…
An Appeals Court in San Antonio, Texas, has recently handed down a decison that discusses the above question. The case is, Lancer Insurance Company v. Oscar Perez, et al, and was decided on November 4, 2009. The Lancer case involved members of a high school band going on an overnight…
Let’s say you are a Grand Prairie or Arlington resident. You purchased an auto policy from an agent in Fort Worth. The price quoted seemed way too high and you asked the agent if there was anything that could be done to get the premium lower. The agent says, “Yes,…