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…
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Insurance Coverage And Intentional Acts
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…
Read Those Title Insurance Policy Exclusions
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…
Uninsured Motorist Coverage And Workers Compensation
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…
Misrepresentation Of Insurance Policy
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…
Insurance Policy Cancellation And Other Law
Mineral Wells lawyers who handle insurance cases need to be aware of the different ways that insurance policy cancellations work as it relates to other laws. A 1994, Waco Court of Appeals case shows a good example of this. The style of the case is, Truck Insurance Exchange v. Martin.…
Use Of Vehicle
A Grand Prairie insurance lawyer needs to be able to hear the facts in a case and compare those facts to the policy and the law. When it comes to how the courts look at situations where “use” of a vehicle is at issue there is a 1994, Dallas Court…
Is It Bad Faith To Cancel A Policy?
Lawyers handling bad faith cases in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas need to recognize a bad faith case when they see it. This is not always easy. An El Paso Court of Appeals case from 1996, is an example. The style of the case is, Columbia Universal Life Insurance…
Intentional Act Versus Accident
Fort Worth insurance lawyers can tell you that most insurance policies do not cover acts committed intentionally by the insured. They only cover accidents. A 1997, Dallas Court of Appeals case shows at least one way how this works. The style of the case is, Wessinger v. Fire Insurance Exchange.…
Cancellation For Nonpayment And Notice
Insurance attorneys in Dallas will see situations where a policy is cancelled due to nonpayment of premiums. The Texas Insurance Code, Sections 551.101 thru 551.113 deal with policy cancellations. But what about specific situations. Here is a 1997, case to look at. It is a U.S. Eastern District opinion styled,…