Dallas insurance lawyers should be aware of the “contact rule” as it relates to uninsured motorist coverage on an automobile. A 1972 case styled, Latham v. Mountain States Mutual Fire Insurance Co is a good example of how the “contact rule” works. This case comes from the Houston Court of…
Dallas insurance lawyers need to be able to discuss this question with clients. The Texas Insurance Code, Section 1952.104(3) says: ….. required that, for the insured to recover under the uninsured motorist coverage if the owner or operator of any motor vehicle that causes bodily injury or property damage to…
Here is some information that all Dallas and Fort Worth insurance lawyers should know. The Texas Insurance Code sections and Deceptive Trade Practices Act(DTPA) were adopted together by the Texas Legislature in the 1970’s as part of a reform legislation package. They are interrelated and incorporate each other. Texas Insurance…
Dallas insurance lawyers will want to know the ways that help to keep a case out of Federal Court. The United States District Court, Southern District, Houston Division, issued an opinion that provides one way of staying out of Federal Court. The style of the case is, Jorrie Williams v.…
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…