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…
Mineral Wells insurance lawyers are aware of appraisal clauses in insurance contracts. Interpreting them is not always easy. The Amarillo Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a 2015 case that needs to be read. It is styled, In Re Century Surety Company. This is a mandamus proceeding that arises…
Insurance law attorneys in Graford and Garner areas of Parker County need to keep up with court rulings concerning insurance issues. A recent case from a U.S. District Court, San Antonio Division is a good read. The style of the case is Spar Enterprises, LP v The Cincinnati Insurance Company…
Reading and understanding policy exclusions is important to an insurance lawyer. This is illustrated in a U.S. District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division case. The style of this case is, Scottsdale Indemnity Company v. Rural Trash Service, Inc., et al. This is a summary judgment that was granted in favor…
If you talk to an experienced insurance law attorney, he will be able to tell you about protections afforded under a Texas insurance policy that many people do not realize. While each policy needs to be read carefully, a homeowners and a commercial policy will often defend the homeowner and…