Texas Hill Country life insurance lawyers will tell you that a life insurance policy has to be read carefully. This even means that the initial application has to also be read very carefully. This is illustrated in a 1999, San Antonio Court of Appeals opinion. The opinion is styled, Carolyn…
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Misrepresentation In Life Insurance Application
Dallas Texas life insurance lawyers will know this case and use it where necessary. The case is from 1938, and was issued by the El Paso Court of Appeals. It’s style is, National Life & Accident Co. v. Dickinson. This is a judgment case wherein National Life sued Vera Dickinson,…
How Relevant Is a Misrepresentation
As most Llano insurance lawyers can tell someone, the answer to the titled questions is: It Depends! A 1976, Waco Court of Appeals opinion gives some guidance on an answer. The case is styled, Westchester Fire Insurance Company v. English. Posing as husband and wife when in fact they were…
Slayer’s Statute
Fort Worth life insurance lawyers need to read this case on the Slayer’s Statute. The statute is found at Texas Insurance Code, Section 1103.151. The case is from the Houston Court of Appeals [14th Dist.]. It is styled, Rumbaut v. Labagnara. Texas law disallows recovery of life insurance proceeds by…
Life Insurance And Bad Faith
Insured persons with life insurance in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas, Mesquite, Richardson, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and other places in the DFW metroplex area will find this case informative. In 2006, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case styled, Minnesota Life Insurance Company v. Vasquez. Here…
Insurance Company Demanding More Documents
Someone in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Dallas, Irving, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Lewisville, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, or anywhere else in the metroplex area would just get mad and frustrated with an insurance company treating them wrong, by continuing to ask for paperwork and documents that they don’t really need to evaluate and…
The Wrong Way To Sue An Insurance Company
Persons living in Fort Worth, Dallas, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Irving, Mesquite, Garland, Richardson, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and other places in Texas might enjoy this case. It tells us how someone who does not consult with an experienced Insurance Law Attorney is just wasting their time doing a lawsuit by themselves.…
Insurance Law And Legal Procedure
Most homeowners in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Azle, Peaster, Brock, Millsap, Cool, and other communities in Parker County would not be very interested in the legal technicalities associated with an insurance dispute. Instead they would hire an experienced Insurance Law Attorney and let that person handle…
Examination Under Oath – Insurance
A policyholder in Dallas, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Crowley, Addison, Mesquite, Garland, Carrollton, Richardson, Mansfield, Rendon, or anywhere else in Texas who has a policy of insurance will probably find a provision in that insurance policy that they submit to an examination under oath if the insurance company requests…
Insurance Application
A person living in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Burleson, or anywhere else in Texas may wonder when an insurance policy actually goes into force. From a legal standpoint, an application is a request for a contract of insurance that, as a mere proposal, can become a contract…