A lot of homeowners insurance policies in Texas have “appraisal” clauses written into them. So whether you live in Weatherford, Texas, or in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth or Dallas, if you have homeowners insurance you need to be aware of these appraisal paragraphs. An appraisal paragraph is of benefit…
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…
Most insurance company’s have their main offices located outside of Texas. If you live in Weatherford, Texas, Arlington, Grand Prairie, or the Dallas – Fort Worth area, and you sue an insurance company, how do you know you won’t have to travel to Delaware or some other state to fight…
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…
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…
Let’s pretend your sister in Dallas, is driving her brothers car, who lives in Fort Worth. The car is insured on hthe parents Safeco auto policy that was bought in Grand Prairie. Your sister has a wreck in Weatherford, Texas. Your sister also had insurance with Allstate on her own…
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on an insurance policy interpretation case on October 30,2009. This case is, Chrysler Insurance Company v. Greenspoint Dodge of Houston, Inc. This case involves an insurance coverage dispute, the topic of which is liability policies insuring a corporation and its officers and others. The corporation…
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals recently decided a case wherein the Court had to apply Texas Insurance Laws and Texas Labor Code Laws in interpreting an insurance policy. The case was, Paul Robertson v. Home State County Mutual Insurance Company. In this case, Robertson was an employee of a…
The Texas Supreme Court stated in 2008 that insurance policies are contracts. This was stated in the case Ulico Casualty Company v. Allied Pilots Association. This is not new in Texas. In the Ulico case the court cited earlier Texas case law. The earlier case law was a Texas Supreme…
The Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist), recently handed down a decision that dealth with interpreting an insurance policy here in Texas. The case was, National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, as Assignee of Kelvin Ray Gatlin v. State and County Mutual Fire Insurance Company. This case should…