Dallas life insurance lawyers know what an interpleader is and the circumstances under which, cause insurance companies to interplead life insurance proceeds into the court. An old 1931 case illustrates this. The case is styled, McCormick v. Southwestern Life Ins. Co. and is from the Waco Court of Appeals. This…
Dallas area attorneys handling life insurance benefits under an ERISA plan need to read this 5th Circuit opinion. It is styled, Judy Hagen v. Aetna Insurance Company; Hewlett Packard Company. David Hagen was an employee of Hewlett and had life insurance coverage under a company benefits plan administered by Aetna.…
Springtown life insurance lawyers would want to know about an opinion from a Florida Court dealing with beneficiaries under a life insurance policy. The Court looked at the law in Florida at issue and then looked at the language of the policy and issued a ruling that many would disagree…
Weatherford insurance attorneys see all kinds of gimmicks by insurance companies in their attempts to not pay claims. One of these is to try and cause a beneficiary under a life insurance policy to believe they are not a proper party to make the claim. The U.S. District Court, Tyler…
Life Insurance lawyers need to know the relevant issues regarding the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) and how they interact with life insurance policy issues. This is discussed to a certain extent in a recent U.S. District Court, Tyler Division opinion. It is styled, Marcia Slack v. The Prudential…
Insurance Companies doing wrong again is a constant theme with Texas insurance lawyers. Day in and day out, claims get processed properly, but too many times they are not. The Texas Tribune published an article in September 2015, that illustrates one of the times an insurance company does wrong. The…
Dallas life insurance lawyers keep up with court decisions related to life insurance claims. The most recent from the date of the post is from the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. It is styled, Lila McWhirter v. AAA Life Insurance Company. Eugene McWhirter purchased a life-insurance policy from AAA…
Life insurance lawyers need to know the facts in a 1980, Texas Supreme Court case. It is styled, Mayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. This case is important because a life insurance company often times to rescind a policy based on misrepresentations made in the policy application. In Mayes,…
Life Insurance attorneys will eventually have a case where the benefits of a life insurance policy are being denied for the stated reason that the beneficiary of the life insurance policy willfully brought about the death of the insured. The United States District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio…
Fort Worth lawyers who handle ERISA claims will need to read this opinion out of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. It is styled, Sandra James v. Life Insurance Company of North America and Geico. This is an appeal of a Magistrates ruling on…