Weatherford Insurance Lawyers and those in Aledo, Springtown, Willow Park, Millsap, Azle, Mineral Wells, Cool, Brock, and other places in Parker County would want to know about this life insurance case. The case opinion was issued by the Houston, 14th Court of Appeals in 1990. The style of the case…
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Person’s Entitled To Life Insurance Benefits “Slayer’s Rule”
Weatherford insurance law attorneys and those in Mineral Wells, Springtown, Aledo, Azle, Millsap, Brock, Hudson Oaks, Cool, and other places in Parker County need to know what the “slayer’s rule” is as it relates to life insurance benefits. This rule is exemplified in the 1987, Texas Supreme Court case, Crawford…
Intentional Acts
Weatherford attorneys and those in Mineral Wells, Aledo, Azle, Springtown, Peaster, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Brock, Millsap, and other places in Parker County need to understand how insurance policies and intentional acts interact. The Austin Court of Appeals issued an opinion in 1995, that addresses coverage and intentional acts. The…
Arson Fires
Even in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth, Dallas, Euless, Bedford, Hurst, Saginaw, Roanoke, Keller, Grapevine, and other locations in the Metroplex area, arson fires occur. One of the first things an insurance company is always going to do when there is a fire claim is investigate for the possibility of…
Exemplary Damages And Auto Insurance Policies
Insureds living in Haslet, Saginaw, Newark, Cedar Hill, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Hutchins, Dallas, Fort Worth, Benbrook, and other places in Texas rarely know what their insurance policies say. And even if they knew what the policy said they would not really understand. Of course, that is why an experienced Insurance…
Punative Damages In Texas & Uninsured / Underinsured Claims
What if you live in Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Dallas, Weatherford, or any other town in Texas and you are in a wreck with a drunk driver? Can you get punative damages from your ininsured / underinsured (UM) insurance policy because the other person was drunk at the time…
Intentional Acts Not Covered In Insurance Policy
Insurance policies have different forms of coverage depending on what it is that the policyholder purchases. In Texas, a homeowners policy purchased in Grand Praire, Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, or Weatherford, is going to have the same basic coverage. Parts of this coverage is for losses such as water damage,…
Insurance Fraud Laws In Texas
A resident of Grand Prairie recently caught his insurance agent in Dallas committing fraud. The agent was taking the cash payments for the premiums from the resident and hand writing a receipt. Sounds okay so far. Next, the agent was pocketing the money rather than forwarding the payment to the…
Texas Insurance Law: Intentional Acts
The Texas Supreme Court in the case Tanner vs Nationwide has ruled in a case concerning exclusions for “intentional acts” committed by an insured driver. The case facts involved a high speed chase wherein the driver, Gibbons was fleeing the police going at speeds in excess of 80 miles an…