Here is an insurance subrogation case from the U.S. Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. It is a 2018, opinion styled, AXA Insurance Company a/s/o The Museum Of Printing History v. Yoau Electric Co. Ltd., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., and Chocolates El Rey Inc. The museum leased a portion of…
The 14th Court of Appeals issued an opinion recently dealing with Texas Workers Compensation law and subrogation. The opinion is styled, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Buddy J. Trahan. When as in this case, a person suffers an injury due to the actions of a third party and the injured…
The United States Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, issued an opinion on July 3, 2018, that is not usually relevant to most claims but in case a situation arises where it is relevant, it is good to know. The opinion is styled, Zurich American Insurance Company a/s/o Precision Castparts…
Many situations involving insurance claims also involve issues dealing with subrogation and liens. Here is a little information for insurance lawyers who might have to deal with subrogation. Subrogation is an element of insurance law. In 1944, the United States Supreme Court in the case styled, United States v. South-Eastern…
What is subrogation? This is discussed in a Claims Journal Article. The Article is titled, Navigating the Anti-Subrogation Rule. Subrogation is the legal doctrine which allows one party, usually an insurance company, that pays a loss by its insured which was caused by a third party, to take over the…
Insurance lawyers understand subrogation policies. Courthouse News Service published an article on April 18, 2017, that should be read. It is titled, Justices Back Insurance Subrogation Policies. Reinforcing insurance subrogation provisions, the U.S. Supreme Court was unanimous Tuesday that federal regulations clearly put state laws second to such policies. The…
Subrogation is a big issue to be dealt with by Dallas insurance attorneys. The efforts to collect on subrogation rights is discussed in an article published by Bloomberg News in June 2015. It tells of a lawyer instrumental in the collection efforts, George Rawlings. The article tells us George Rawlings…
Lawyers and attorneys handling insurance claims in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas need to be able to discuss subrogation issues with clients who have been injured by third parties. Bloomberg Businessweek published an article on April 7, 2015, that discusses this issue. It is titled, “How An Insurer Is…
Dallas insurance attorneys will sometimes run across semi-complicated subrogation issues. One of these situations arose in a 1998, Dallas Court of Appeals case styled, Universal Underwriters of Texas v. Transamerica Insurance Group, et al. Here is some of the relevant information from that case. The case is a subrogation case…
Arlington insurance attorneys will run across situations where a person, on purpose or by accident, has two insurance policies covering the same property. So what are some of the possible outcomes of this situation? A 2005, Fort Worth Court of Appeals opinion had this issue. The style of the opinion…