Here is a case arising out of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) which involves life insurance. The case is from the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division. It is styled, Elizabeth Hernandez v. Unum Group v. Sara Hernandez and Jose Hernandez. The basic Facts are that Xavier Hernandez…
Life insurance claims which are denied, often end up being litigated in Federal Court and thus, have to be analyzed differently than when in State Court. Here is a case from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, which illustrates why an experienced insurance law attorney is needed. The opinion…
Life insurance claims which are denied, often end up being litigated in Federal Court. Here is a case from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, which illustrates why an experienced insurance law attorney is needed, particularly when the case is going to be litigated in Federal Court. The opinion…
Insurance lawyers will get frequent phone calls from a life insurance beneficiary wherein the beneficiary had a spouse who has died and that spouse had life insurance that had been obtained through their employer/work. This was the case in a recent opinion from the Western District of Texas, El Paso…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violation of the “Prompt Payment of Claims Act.” Farmers has…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violation of the “duty of good faith and fair dealing.”…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violations of the Texas Insurance Code. Farmers has filed a…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violations of the Texas Insurance Code. Farmers has filed a…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). Farmers…
Here is a 2020, case from the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, that deals with life insurance wherein the life insurance plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The case is styled, Wagma Mina Huerta v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al. This case, filed…