For attorneys handling life insurance cases here is news: In early November, the Law Offices of Mark S. Humphreys, settled another life insurance case. The details are confidential as part of the agreement but here is what can be discussed. The case involved a lady who had purchased coverage on…
Not paying on an insurance claim is in simple terms, a breach of contract. The difference is that the contract breached is an insurance contract. The Texas Insurance Code provides for damages beyond the simple breach of contract damages. However, as is pointed out in the 2019, opinion from the…
The Southern District of Texas, Houston Division issued an opinion in an unusual case in February 2019. The case is styled, Patricio Delgado v. Allstate Texas Lloyds. The case had been removed to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction. Four parties sued Allstate on four properties in four states. Allstate…
Here is another case for life insurance lawyers to read and make part of their knowledge of life insurance cases involving ERISA. The case is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. The case style is, Stephanie Taylor v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. This ERISA life insurance case was…
Here is a case from the San Antonio Court of Appeals to know and read. It is styled, MGR, Inc. and Miracle Body and Paint, Inc. v. Geico Casualty Company. Miracle is appealing a summary judgment in favor of Geico. Miracle is an independent auto body shop and has performed…
Here is a type of case insurance lawyers do not see very often. It is from the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division. It is styled, Lamarr Womack & Associates, L.P.; dba LWA Architects, et al v. Lexington Insurance Company. LWA filed a claim against Lexington seeking a defense…
The Law Office of Mark S. Humphreys, P.C. is pleased to announce a settlement in a life insurance dispute between Mark’s client and the wife of a lady who killed her husband, claiming the killing was self-defense. Mark’s client was the daughter of the deceased husband and the secondary beneficiary…
How does Federal law work with the Texas Slayer Statute, Texas Insurance Code, Section 1103.151? This question is answered in the 1992, Fifth Circuit opinion styled, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. White. This is a summary judgement case. Terri Yohey was the named insured under a group life insurance policy…
What happens when the named beneficiary on a life insurance policy intentionally causes the death of the insured? That was the question in this case from the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, opinion styled, Garrett Bean and Aneila Bean v. Minerva Alcorta. Plaintiff’s father,Garry, has a $130,000 life…
The Law Office of Mark Humphreys, P.C., is pleased to announce the settlement of a life insurance case wherein the life insurance company recognized they owed the policy benefits but was unsure who was entitled to the money. In this case, the deceased had named his wife as the primary…