Springtown insurance lawyers who handle fire cases need to read this article. One reason an insurance company uses for denying a claim is the assertion that the insured caused the fire, in other words arson by the insured. The Arizona Republic published an article on May 14, 2015, that brings…
Texas insurance lawyers need to be on the look out for this – drone insurance. I’m kinda curious about it – are you? The Insurance Journal published an article about this issue on May 13, 2014. It is titled, Market For Drone Insurance Expected To Take Off In Nest 5…
Springtown insurance lawyers need to understand how to help a client recover uninsured motorist benefits (UM). In doing so, they would need to be aware of a 2015, Houston Court of Appeals [1st Dist.] opinion. The style of the case is, Oliver Vans, Jr. Mickey Dinh, Santos Reyna, and Lo…
Azle insurance lawyers need to be able to recognize when a case might have extra-contractual issues to litigate. A mere breach of an insurance contract is not actionable under the DTPA or Insurance Code. There must be something more in the way of fraud or misrepresentation in order to establish…
Saginaw insurance lawyers have to know the requirements to filing a lawsuit against an insurance company. The company is entitled to a pre-suit notice and failing to give notice can result in the case being thrown out of court. Just sending a letter is not good enough. There are requirements…
Here’s something for Texas insurance lawyers to have in their bag of knowledge. This comes from the “Claims Journal” and is about an opinion in New Hampshire but is relevant to Texas also. The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently held that a persistent odor could constitute a “physical loss” under…
Benbrook insurance lawyers need to be aware of this case. The reason to be aware of this case is that the case is, as of the date of this post, on appeal to the Texas Supreme Court. Hopefully their decision will put to rest some of the arguments in the…
Dallas insurance lawyers will all have tales of people who lost cases they might have otherwise won if only they had hired an experienced Insurance Law Attorney. This is illustrated in a Dallas Court of Appeals case styled, Marqueth Wilson v. Colonial County Mutual Insurance Company. Please understand that even…
Crowley insurance lawyers should be able to discuss with clients the potential recovery when an insurance company wrongfully denies a claim. One element of recovery is the actual damage. In other words the actual amount due under an insurance policy. An example would be a life insurance policy with a…
Burleson insurance attorneys who handle health insurance situations need to read this 1989 opinion from the Houston Court of Appeals [14th Dist.]. It is styled Paramount National Life Insurance v. Williams. On March 5, 1981, insurance agent Cliff Cox met with Frankie Williams and her husband Willie and took an…