Life insurance attorneys in the Dallas and Fort Worth area need to know this 1991 case. It deals with how an insurance company must prove “intent to deceive” when asserting that an applicant for insurance has misrepresented their health in a life insurance policy. The case, from the Houston Court…
Dallas life insurance lawyers want to know this case. It is from the San Antonio Court of Appeals and styled, Garcia v. John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company. This is an appeal of a summary judgment granted in favor of John Hancock. In support of its motion for summary judgment,…
Arlington insurance attorneys need to know when someone can collect on a life insurance policy as a beneficiary. A 1995, Eastland Court of Appeals opinion is worth reading. The style of the case is, Maris v. McCraw. Here is some information from the case. The controlling issue in this circumstantial…
Life Insurance attorneys in the Dallas and Fort Worth area will see life insurance policies that are ERISA plans. They learn quickly that ERISA plans are different from other types of life insurance plans. This is illustrated in a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals case styled, Ellis v. Reliance Standard…
Life insurance attorneys in Dallas will run across situations where there are competing claims for policy benefits. Sometimes those claims are legitimate concerns and sometimes not. A 2014, opinion from the US Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit needs to be read. The style of the case is, State Farm Life…
Texas life insurance attorneys need to have a basic working knowledge of how other states handle life insurance claims. Often times a Texas attorney will have a situation where the law of another state may apply to a life insurance claim. Here is a case to read. It is styled,…
Dallas life insurance attorneys will tell you story after story that sounds similar to the one published in the Louisiana Record on October 2, 2014. The title of that story is, “Life Insurance Company Sued By Woman Seeking Benefits After Child’s Father Is Murdered.” Here is what the article tells…
Life insurance attorneys in the Dallas Fort Worth area would want to know about a 1996, San Antonio Court of Appeals case holding an insurance company responsible for the conduct of one of it’s managers. The style of the case is, Mendoza v. American National Insurance Company. Here is the…
Life insurance application – Insurance attorneys need to know about the law related to life insurance applications. A 1994, Texas Supreme Court case discusses one aspect of this. The style of the case is, Fredonia State Bank v. General Life Insurance Company. The principal issue in this case is whether…
Attorneys handling life insurance claims in Texas might one day run across a situation where a company is attempting to collect life insurance benefits due to the death of an employee. An article in the New York Times discusses this issue. Here is what the article tells us. Employees at…