Duncanville insurance lawyers keeping abreast of insurance laws may find this article from the Insurance Journal interesting. The title is, “Best, Worst States For Insurance Regulation.” Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how…
This 2014, Texas Supreme Court opinion should be of local interest. The case is styled, In re National Lloyd’s Insurance Company. In this narrow holding, the Texas Supreme Court held that the trial court abused its discretion by ordering the defendant insurance company to produce evidence related to insurance claims…
Attorneys handling hail damage claims need to read this case. It is a 2015, Texas Supreme Court opinion styled, JAW The Point, L.L.C. v. Lexington Insurance Co. In this case, the “anti-concurrent causation” (ACC) exclusion reads: loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by any [excluded cause or event], regardless…
All insurance law lawyers are going to understand how Personal Injury Protection (PIP) and uninsured motorist (UIM) coverage works. For some of the situations that may be confusing, a recent opinion from the Court of Appeals, Houston [14th Dist.] may be helpful to read. It is styled, Donald Cain v.…
Grand Prairie insurance lawyers must know what it takes for an insurance company to be found liable for bad-faith. A 5th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion is educational in this respect. It is a 2014 opinion styled, Santacruz v. Allstate Texas Lloyd’s, Inc. The 5th Circuit reversed a summary judgment…
Attorneys handling ERISA claims will tell you the difficulties of ERISA claims and the ways to make sure those difficulties do not ruin the claim. A 2014, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals case needs to be read to see ways of avoiding some of the difficulties. The style of the…
Dallas area insurance lawyers need to read a Texas Supreme Court, 2014 opinion. It is styled, In re Essex Insurance Company. This is a mandamus proceeding wherein the Court reaffirmed Texas’s “no direct action” rule barring third-party plaintiffs from suing a tortfeasors’s liability insurance company directly until the tortfeasor’s liability…
Attorneys who handle many insurance cases can tell stories of clients being ripped-off by insurance agents. Some pocket premiums rather than send the premiums to the insurance company. Some forge signatures on applications. Some fill out false information on applications without telling their customer. Some tell you that you have…
Lawyers handling insurance cases are aware of clauses in the insurance contract that are different from other types of contracts. The Claims Journal published an article in November of 2015, that discusses “other insurance” clauses. The title of the article is, “Insurance Policy ‘Escape” Type ‘Other Insurance’ Clause Given Short…
Insurance lawyers in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas who are honest and straight forward with their clients, will let them know up front that winning a case on allegations of “bad faith” are an up hill fight. The Texas Supreme Court and the various appellant courts look negatively on…