Weatherford lawyers, and those in Mineral Wells, Springtown, Aledo, Azle, Peaster, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Millsap, Brock, and other parts of Parker County might be surprised to learn this about dog bite claims. How many there are and how much they cost insurance companies in claims. An article posted on…
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Appraisals
Insurance attorneys in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Dallas, and other areas in Texas will have clients who need advice regarding the appraisal process when homeowners make insurance claims. Generally speaking, an appraisal is appropriate in cases where the insurance company acknowledges that a loss has occurred, but there is a…
Vacancy Clause In Homeowners Policy
A person in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, and other places in Parker County who has a homeowners policy would find the following case of interest. At one time or another a house or residence is going to be vacant for a period of time. Maybe it is when remodeling is…
Notice To Insurance Company
People in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Crowley, Burleson, Benbrook, Joshua, and other places in Tarrant and Johnson County need to understand the importance of notifying the company quickly when a potential claim arises. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals issued an opinion in 2007 dealing with “notice” to an…
Flood Damage Claim
People in Weatherford, Aledo, Azle, Springtown, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Millsap, Brock, Mineral Wells, and other places in Parker County prone to flooding losses should be interested in a recent opinion issued by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The opinion was issued on March 6, 2012, and…
Homeowners Insurance Cancellation In Texas
Customers in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Springtown, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Azle, Millsap, Brock, and other places in Parker County do not have the concerns many customers are facing along the Gulf Coast of Texas when it comes to homeowners insurance policies. Along the Gulf Coast of Texas, State Farm…
Exclusions In Homeowners Insurance Policies
Someone in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas, Mansfield, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, De Soto, Irving, or anywhere else in the Dallas / Fort Worth area would have a hard time understanding how to interpret “exclusions” in an insurance policy. It can be difficult even for an experienced Insurance Law Attorney.…
Misrepresentation Clarified, A Little
Insured people in Weatherford, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Mineral Wells, Springtown, Azle, Aledo, and other places in Tarrant and Parker Counties might understand a little more about misrepresentation after reading about the case here. The case is styled, Tellez v. Encompass Insurance Company of America. This opinion was issued by…
Lawyers And Home Owners Claim Denial Based On Lateness Of Claim
When someone in Grand Prairie, Weatherford, Fort Worth, or anywhere else in the north Texas area suffers an insured loss, how long do they have to report the claim to their insurance company? The answer is a lawyers answer: It Depends. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dealt with this…
Force Placed Insurance Claims
If you are in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth, Roanoke, Keller, Colleyville, Saginaw, or some other place in Tarrant County or Texas and find yourself in some financial trouble, it may be that you find yourself letting your homeowners insurance lapse. If that happens the mortgage lender on your home…