A Weatherford attorney who handles insurance claims needs to have an awareness of the potential recovery on a breach of insurance contract claim. Here is a little food for thought in that regard. The 1988, Vail v. Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., case discusses this. The Texas Supreme Court…
Weatherford and Mineral Wells attorneys need to have some understanding of insurance law. In insurance contracts there are usually what is called intended or third party beneficiaries. Here is a little information about these third party beneficiaries. Other persons who may sue for benefits under a contract of insurance besides…
Grand Prairie insurance lawyers will deal with auto policies from time to time and when doing so will also deal with the portion of the policy dealing with Personal Injury Protection (PIP). The Beaumont Court of Appeals issued an opinion in 2000, dealing with how PIP benefits are paid. The…
Most insurance law attorney will keep up with the news related to the insurance field. The Dallas Morning News ran an article recently that is good news for consumers of insurance products. The title of the article is “Texas Senate Forcing Out State Insurance Commissioner.” The author is Terrence Shultz.…
Insurance attorneys, including those handling injury claims will be both glad and sad to know about a recent case out of the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals. The case is styled, Lilly Helene Schaffer, M.D., v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and Nationwide Property and Casualty Co. The opinion was issued…
Insurance law attorneys who deal with ERISA plans, do so with a lot of caution. ERISA stands for Employee Retirement Income Security Act. ERISA was enacted to protect the interests of employee benefit plan participants and their beneficiaries by: Requiring the disclosure of financial and other information concerning the plan…
Attorneys handling insurance claims would want to keep up with general news in the world of insurance. The New York Times published an article of interest. The article is titled, “For Insurers, No Doubt On Climate Change.” Here is what it tells us: If there were one American industry that…
Fort Worth insurance attorneys will tell you that an insurance policy is a contract. A 1992, Dallas Court of Appeals case gives a good example of how the Courts deal with this concept. The style of the case is, St Paul Insurance Company v. Rakkar. This case deals with many…
Fort Worth insurance lawyers will tell you that insurance policies are contracts. As such the rules regarding insurance policies are the same rules governing contracts. This was confirmed in the 1994, Texas Supreme Court case, Hernandez v. Gulf Group Lloyds. A person seeking to recover on an insurance policy must…
Dallas insurance attorneys need to know when uninsured / underinsured coverage is available as a benefit. The Texas Supreme Court case United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company v. Goudeau, which is an opinion issued in 2008, is a good reference. Here are some relevant points of the case. One can…