Insurance attorneys in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas need to know about a recent United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision. It is styled, Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. The Travelers Indemnity Company; Frontier Mining & Material, L.L.C. Here is the relevant information. Travelers issued a commercial automobile insurance…
Dallas insurance lawyers will tell you that when involved in a lawsuit, it is necessary to prove the case. In this regard, a recent opinion from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, needs to be read and understood. The style of the case…
Aledo insurance attorneys are already aware of statistics reported recently by the Texas Tribune. An April 22, 2014, article tells us a half million employees in Texas are without workplace insurance. Here is what the article says. At least a half-million Texas workers have no occupational insurance coverage, either from…
Fort Worth insurance attorneys will get calls from people who have been denied benefits by their insurance company because the insurance company claims the person has a pre-existing condition. KSAT recently posted an article about this practice. Here is what the article tells us. The KSAT 12 Defenders uncovered a…
Attorneys who do not handle ERISA claims often times make the mistake that there is not much difference between an ERISA insurance claim and a regular insurance claim. This is a mistake. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion on April 18, 2014, that…
Arlington insurance lawyers should advise their clients to forward any lawsuit papers they receive to their insurance company immediately upon receipt. A 1954, Amarillo Court of Appeals case illustrates this. The style of the case is, Klein v. Century Lloyds. Here is some of the relevant information from that case.…
Benbrook attorneys handling insurance claims need to know about this case dealing with a home owners policy. It is a 2000, case from the Austin Court of Appeals styled Easter v. Providence Lloyds Ins. Co. Here is some relevant information. Bonnie Easter was having a difficult time dealing with the…
Attorneys in Weatherford who handle insurance claims need to be aware of the exclusions that apply to home owners policy. One of those exclusions is an exclusion for intentional acts. The courts have interpreted sexual molestation to be an intentional act as a matter of law. The 1996, Houston Court…
Insurance lawyers in the Dallas and Fort Worth area need to have an understanding as to intentional acts that are not covered under an insurance policy. Many times the only way to actually recover money for a clients injuries such as medical bills, lost wages, pain, etc. is to have…
Palo Pinto County insurance lawyers will need to be aware of this case from the Dallas Court of Appeals. It is a 1997, case styled, Wessinger v. Fire Insurance Exchange. Here is some of the relevant information. Morrison initially sued Wessinger in a Dallas County district court, alleging that Wessinger…