Arlington insurance attorneys will tell their clients they need to be aware of exclusions in insurance policies and how they are interpreted. Just reading the declarations page is not enough. The entire policy needs to be including the exclusions. A 1998, Texarkana Court of Appeals case serves as an example.…
Fort Worth insurance lawyers who handle hail damage claims need to be know how courts interpret appraisal clauses in insurance policies. A 2009, Texas Supreme Court case is a must read for helping to understand the appraisal process. The style of the case is, State Farm Lloyds v. Johnson. Here…
Dallas insurance lawyers need to know how the Courts look at policy language when deciding how to rule on cases involving insurance. A 1997, Amarillo Court of Appeals case is a good one to read to help understand how the Courts interpret certain policies. The style of the Amarillo case…
Insurance lawyers in the Dallas / Fort Worth area will see lots of hail claims. An article this year from the “Claims Journal” needs to be read by those lawyers to keep informed. The title of the article is, The Emerging Hail Risk: What The Hail Is Going On? Here…
Read the policy. Understand what it says. The United States 5th Circuit issued a 1998 opinion that shows how courts will interpret policies. The style of the case is, Lubbock County Hospital District v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg. Here is some relevant information from the case. Approximately…
Aledo insurance attorneys will have clients who have commercial and business related insurance. When an occasion arises wherein it is necessary to make a claim, it is a sad time when they find out the policy does not cover all they believed it covered. It is important to sit down…
Most Garland insurance lawyers will be able to tell you that the majority of insurance policies do not cover claims that are the result of an intentional act. But just because an act is intentional does not mean that acts of others that may have facilitated the intentional act are…
Mineral Wells insurance lawyers will tell you that you have to be aware of “exclusions” in your insurance policies, otherwise, you risk finding out the hard way. A 1999, Austin Court of Appeals case illustrates this. The style of the case is, Zimmerman v. Chicago Title Insurance Company. Here is…
Grand Prairie insurance attorneys will run into situations where a person who is covered by workers compensation insurance is injured in a vehicle where the at fault driver does not have liability insurance for themselves but the injured employee does have uninsured motorist coverage. If the person covered by workers…
A Fort Worth insurance lawyer needs to know when there was a misrepresentation of an insurance policy. A 1994, Corpus Christi Court of Appeals is worth reading on this topic. The style of the case is Celestino v. Mid-American Indemnity Insurance Company. Here is some of the information from that…