Tag: Texas

Texas Should Look to Georgia on Mandatory Arbitration Issue

Patrick McGinnis | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | June 1, 2016 We know an insurance company has submitted to the Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) a policy that requires mandatory arbitration in the event of a dispute on a claim. TDI won’t disclose which carrier submitted the new policy form or provide a copy… Continue reading Texas Should Look to Georgia on Mandatory Arbitration Issue

“It’s Cheaper To Kill A Mare In Texas Than It Is To Cripple Her”: Texas Supreme Court Unifies Loss-Of-Use Damages in Property Damage Cases

Patrick McGinnis | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | March 11, 2016 Sometimes personal property is partially damaged and sometimes it is completely destroyed. For reasons not altogether clear, the rule in Texas had been that a claimant could only recover loss-of-use damages when his property was partially damaged (capable of repair). A Texas claimant… Continue reading “It’s Cheaper To Kill A Mare In Texas Than It Is To Cripple Her”: Texas Supreme Court Unifies Loss-Of-Use Damages in Property Damage Cases

#6 – New Texas Statute Affecting Condominium Construction Defect Claims

David H. Fisk | Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC | September 10, 2015 Before filing a lawsuit or initiating an arbitration proceeding pertaining to a construction defect, a condominium association in Texas with eight or more units must now comply with the newly added Section 82.119 to Chapter 82 of the Texas Property Code.… Continue reading #6 – New Texas Statute Affecting Condominium Construction Defect Claims

“Dazed and Confused” about Ambiguity in Texas

Patrick C. McGinnis | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | July 6, 2015 I have been handling property damage cases since Hurricane Rita hit the Beaumont, Texas area in 2005. Much more prevalent these days are allegations that a provision of the insurance policy is ambiguous, and therefore, must be interpreted in a way more… Continue reading “Dazed and Confused” about Ambiguity in Texas

Watchdogs Fight ‘Insurance Immunity Act’

Ryan Kocian | Courthouse News Service | May 19, 2015 An insurance bill pending in the Texas Legislature would “gut the laws” so thoroughly that a citizens’ group calls it the “Insurance Immunity Act.” Senate Bill 1628 , by Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, has passed in the Senate but has not yet been voted on… Continue reading Watchdogs Fight ‘Insurance Immunity Act’