Residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Praire, Weatherford, or any other town in Texas should be interested in a question posed by an attorney the other day on a web-site, to other attorneys who sub-scribed to the site. It was a question dealing with uninsured and underinsured (UM) automobile…
Lots of insurance policies are issued with arbitration agreements written into them. Almost never, will the person taking out the insurance policy be aware of, or ask about an arbitration agreement being part of the insurance policy. Residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Weatherford, or any any city…
Insurance companies prefer to have lawsuits litigated and fought in Federal Court. Attorneys who represent individuals and companies in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Weatherford, or any other community in Texas, prefer to be in the local State and County Courts. There are several reasons an insurance company prefers…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently decided a case wherein the insured argued that he had an excess insurance policy. The court decided that his policy was not an excess insurance policy. The case is styled “Danny Kirk, v. Universal Underwriters of Texas Insurance Co.”…
Most of the time when someone thinks of insurance fraud, they think about a staged accident, arson, or something else along these lines, where a person or company is trying to get money out of an insurance company that is not legitamate. Another example is lying on the insurance application.…
Most people would not realize how much time and money is spent with insurance companies fighting with other insurance companies. Most of these fights result from situations where a person or company has more than one policy. An example would be where an Arlington resident buys some insurance in Grand…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, decided another case this month dealing with the duty of an insurance company to defend a lawsuit filed against one of its insureds. The decision on this case was handed down by the court on January 4, 2010. The case…
Lucky for the homeowners in the Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Weatherford, and surrounding areas, the Chinese drywall cases are a non-issue. But for many of the people along the Texas Gulf Coast and other Gulf Coast areas, it is a major and expensive problem. WCI Communities is a…
The following case was decided in Louisiana. It is relevant for two reasons. One is, Texas courts will look to other courts and their rulings for guidance on cases. The second reason, is the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is the Federal Court most Texas case…
A lot of insurance contracts have written into them an appraisal clause or paragraph. Whether you bought the policy in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, or out in Weatherford, Texas, you could be forced to submit to an appraisal process if the insurance company insists on enforcing that portion…