Grand Prairie insurance lawyers need to look at the insurance policy first, when evaluating a claim. And one of the first things to look for in the policy is limitations on the dates when a claim must be filed. The Galveston Division of U.S. District Court issued an opinion in…
Mineral Wells insurance attorneys can tell you that an insurance company would much prefer to fight a legal battle in Federal Court rather than State Court. In order to defeat them in this effort, it is vital to understand what Federal Judges look at when making a decision on whether…
Insurance lawyers who handle home owners claims are all aware of the “vacancy exclusion” in a home owners policy. They may vary slightly from policy to policy but almost of the policies are going to have an exclusion that excludes losses that result when a home or building is vacant…
Area insurance law lawyers find stories like the following to be good for clients who have claims against insurance companies. It shows the wrongs that companies commit and these wrongs becoming public gives the public a sense of “no sympathy” for the insurance companies and thus helps attorneys and their…
Life insurance lawyers need to know the facts in a 1980, Texas Supreme Court case. It is styled, Mayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. This case is important because a life insurance company often times to rescind a policy based on misrepresentations made in the policy application. In Mayes,…
Insurance attorneys need to know the law in Texas as it relates to the responsibility an insurance company owes to its insureds and liability coverage. The Insurance Journal published an article in July 2015, that discusses a Louisiana case but has applicability to Texas law. The Louisiana Supreme Court recently…
Life Insurance attorneys will eventually have a case where the benefits of a life insurance policy are being denied for the stated reason that the beneficiary of the life insurance policy willfully brought about the death of the insured. The United States District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio…
Fort Worth lawyers who handle ERISA claims will need to read this opinion out of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. It is styled, Sandra James v. Life Insurance Company of North America and Geico. This is an appeal of a Magistrates ruling on…
Duncanville insurance lawyers have to be able to read an insurance policy and understand how the courts will interpret the language found in the policy. The Amarillo Court of Appeals issued an opinion in July of 2015, that deals with this issue. The opinion is styled, Doe #1, Doe #2…
Parker County ERISA attorneys know the two documents needed to be reviewed in an ERISA case are the Certificate of Coverage (COC) and the “summary plan description.” The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an ERISA opinion in 2012, that is relevant to these documents. It…