Fort Worth insurance law attorneys will often find themselves in a position where they are suing an Allstate adjuster. One reason for doing so would be to keep a lawsuit in a State Court rather than a Federal Court which is where Allstate would prefer to litigate a case. A…
Dallas insurance lawyers have to know how to properly sue an insurance adjuster. This is important in many cases so that a case can be maintained in a State Court rather than being litigated in a Federal Court. A 2015, U.S. District Court case from the Northern District of Texas,…
When suing an insurance company, the pleading of a lawsuit have to be proper or the case gets thrown out of court. An example of an insurance company trying to do this is found in a 2015 case from the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. It is…
Insurance lawyers in the DFW area need to stay on top of the insurance news in Texas. One good resource for keeping informed is the Insurance Journal. The Insurance Journal published an article in March of 2015 and another related article in July of 2015. The first article tells us…
Fort Worth insurance lawyers who handle commercial case need to read a 2015, Austin Court of Appeals opinion. It is styled, 3109 Props, L.L.C.; Detour, Inc.; and Richard Linklater v. Truck Insurance Exchange. Linklater appealed a summary judgement in the trial court in favor of TIE on their claims for…
Lancaster insurance attorneys will occasionally see a claim covered by the National Flood Insurance Program. Each of these types of government programs are governed in their own particular way. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division issued a ruling that attorneys handling these types…
Tarrant county insurance attorneys need to read this opinion from the United States, Northern District Court, Amarillo Division. It is styled, Johnnie Shannon v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, et al. There are many reasons an insurance company would prefer to have a legal fight in Federal Court rather than State…
Insurance attorneys in Dallas County need to be able to know how the courts interpret exclusions in policies when the exclusions rule out coverage for injury resulting from intoxication of narcotics. The United States Western District Court in Austin issued an opinion in June of 2015, dealing with this issue.…
Insurance attorneys need to be able to discuss the Texas Guaranty Fund with their clients and how this fund works. Four large insurance companies were declared insolvent in 2013, and as a result lawyers will have situations where a client has their insurance company become insolvent. The Texas Property and…
Insurance lawyers get calls from companies that have an assignment of benefits (AOB). This AOB is discussed in an article published by Claims Journal. It does a good job of discussing it and even though it talks about events in Florida, Texas has essentially the same laws and these AOB’s…