Fort Worth insurance lawyers need to know about this Beaumont Court of Appeals case. It is styled, Joe Ware v. United Fire Lloyds. It is an appeal by Ware wherein he is disputing the trial court’s award of attorney fees in a property insurance dispute. He was awarded $3,133.20 in…
Here is a story all attorneys need to know and be able to tell their clients about. The story is from The Southeast Texas Legal Journal. The title of the story is “Insurance Company Seeking Reimbursement For Money Paid Following Collision.” The article tells us that an insurance company has…
Dallas attorneys dealing with used car lot situations would want to know about this recent opinion from the Austin Court of Appeals. The case is styled, SideCars, Inc. v Texas Department of Insurance, et al. Here is some background information. This was a summary judgment case wherein the trial court…
Fort Worth life insurance attorneys will want to ready this Dallas case. The case is styled, Bich Ngoc Nguyen v. Allstate Insurance Company and Lincoln Benefit Life Insurance Company. The opinion is from the Dallas Court of Appeals and was issued on May 29, 2013. Here is some relevant information…
Fort Worth Insurance lawyers will like telling clients about a case that went to trial in Jefferson County, Texas, in May 2013. This blog tells one story after another about situations involving insurance and claims. The Southeast Texas Record, a Legal Journal ran a story titled, “Hurrican Ike Trial: Jurors…
Dallas insurance lawyers need to know insurance misrepresentation when they see it. The Texas Insurance Code Section 541.061(2) makes it illegal for an insurance company to fail to disclose relevant information. The Texas DTPA does the same thing in Section 17.46(b)(24). There are several sections of the insurance code that…
Dallas insurance attorneys should know examples of the ways insurance companies commit bad faith insurance code violations with their insured customers. Most of these violations can be found in Chapter 541 of the Texas Insurance Code. The Texas Department of Insurance is a place to go to file a complaint…
Texas insurance lawyers who keep up with the new laws being proposed and passed by the State Legislature need to know some of this information. Here is some news from the end of the 83rd Legislative Session. Lobbyists for the insurance industry filed a bunch of anti-policy bills that were…
Insurance attorneys in Fort Worth and the Dallas area will have clients calling at one time or another asking about appraisals. Many property insurance policies contain appraisal clauses. These clauses define a process for appraising the value of the damaged property, if the parties cannot agree. Common provisions call for…
A Weatherford attorney who handles insurance claims needs to have an awareness of the potential recovery on a breach of insurance contract claim. Here is a little food for thought in that regard. The 1988, Vail v. Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., case discusses this. The Texas Supreme Court…