How an insurance policy is interpreted by Texas Courts is important. This is true whether you live in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Weatherford, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Dallas, or anywhere else in Texas. A commercial insurance policy was recently interpreted by the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.…
The first thing a person wants to know who has insurance is; Does my policy protect me? This is true no matter if you are living in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Dallas, or out in Weatherford, Texas. The United States District Court, Southern District, Corpus Christi Division, had…
A decision in a Dallas, Texas, case was handed down on January 22, 2010. The results should have been the same in Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Arlington, or Weatherford. This case was decided by the United States District Court, Northern District, Dallas Division. The style of the case is Gemini…
Most people would not realize how much time and money is spent with insurance companies fighting with other insurance companies. Most of these fights result from situations where a person or company has more than one policy. An example would be where an Arlington resident buys some insurance in Grand…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, decided another case this month dealing with the duty of an insurance company to defend a lawsuit filed against one of its insureds. The decision on this case was handed down by the court on January 4, 2010. The case…
A lot of insurance contracts have written into them an appraisal clause or paragraph. Whether you bought the policy in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, or out in Weatherford, Texas, you could be forced to submit to an appraisal process if the insurance company insists on enforcing that portion…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal court located outside of Texas. Cases that originate in Texas, including the Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, and Grand Prairie areas will end up in this Fifth Circuit Court when it is on an appeal. A case decided…
The Supreme Court of Texas issued an opinion on a case on December 11, 2009, that will make insurance companies who have issued commercial policies, to take a second look before denying a claim in certain situations. The case involved here is titled, D.R. Horton-Texas, LTD. v. Markel International Insurance…
The following is a short discussion of a case trying to interpret Missouri law, in part. The relevance to people in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, or Grand Prairie areas is that the case was heard in a Texas Court in the Southern District of Texas and that the appeal was…