What if someone in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Duncanville, Mansfield, Burleson, Weatherford, Fort Worth, or some other city in Texas is involved in an accident, as an employee, with an underinsured driver? Does the employers underinsured portion of their insurance policy provide coverage? This was the issue in a May 12,…
A policyholder in Weatherford, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Colleyville, Newark, or any other city in Texas could find themselves in a position where they are having to sue their underinsured/uninsured (UIM) insurance company. And at the same time, they might be having to sue the person with whom…
If you live in Grand Prairie, Aledo, Arlington, Mansfield, Fort Worth, Azle, Weatherford, or anywhere else in Texas and you have car insurance, you were given the chance to purchase underinsured motorist coverage on your automobile. So, how does it work? An example of how some of it works is…
What if a resident of Grand Prairie is involved in a wreck on his motorcycle with an uninsured driver? Any difference if he is a resident of Fort Worth, Arlington, or Dallas? Answer – not for anyone in Texas. This is what happened in the 1987 case, Glen Arnold v.…
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…
Grand Prairie policy holders, Arlington, Fort Worth, Weatherford, or anybody else in Texas who has a policy with underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) should be aware of a recent case decided in Texas. The case is Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas v. Synthia McClain. This case was an appeal from the…
Whether you live in Weatherford, Texas, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Dallas, or Fort Worth, the answer to the above would be the same. Texas insurance law is going to apply to all residents of Texas, no matter where in the state they live. Of course there is no one answer…
Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield residents and residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Weatherford who have uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage on their automobile insurance policy should fill good about a case decided by the Texas Supreme Court in 1974. The case is styled, Raul C. Franco et ux. v. Allstate…
It is always smart to purchase uninsured motorist benefits coverage because of the number of people driving around with no insurance or insufficient insurance to cover a lot of losses that occur. This is particularly true in the Grand Prairie, Arlington, and Dallas – Fort Worth areas of Texas. Uninsured…
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…