Placing the 5 th Circuit’s In Re: OGA Charters case in Context
Texas Supreme Court Reins in Contractual Liability Exclusion on CD Claims
2/8/2013
5th Circuit Court of Appeals: Trucking Liability Carrier Entitled to Exhaust Policy Limits, and Withdraw From Further Defense of Named Insured, Following Reasonable Policy Limits Settlement Paid Solely On Behalf of Additional Insured Driver
8/8/2012
Fifth Circuit Withdraws June 11, 2012 Opinion in Ewing and Certifies Issue of Whether CGLs Contractual Liability Exclusion Broadly Applies to Exclude Coverage in Construction Defect Cases
Fifth Circuit: CGLs Contractual Liability Exclusion Broadly Applies to Exclude Coverage in Construction Defect Cases Where the Damages Alleged Are To the Insureds Contracted Work
Texas Federal Court Addresses When Reservation of Rights by Insurer Entitles Insured to Control Its Own Defense Through Independent Counsel
Insured Contracts, Additional Insured Provisions, OCIPS and Consolidated Insurance Programs in Texas – New 5th Circuit Case and Big Changes Coming Effective 1/1/2012
CGLs Your Work Exclusion Encompasses Damage to Even Nondefective Work of the Insured
First Texas Decision Construing Interrelated Acts Provisions of Claims Made Policy
07/05/2011
Evidence of Amount of Medical Bills Incurred in Injury Cases Limited to Amounts After Medicare or Insurance Plan Reductions
06/23/2011
Texas Legislature Passes Construction Contract Anti-Indemnity and Additional Insured Coverage Bill Effective Jan. 1, 2012
06/04/2011
Texas Legislature Passes H.B. 274 Affecting Texas Suits Filed After September 1, 2011
05/31/2011
Extrinsic Evidence Contradicting the Allegations Properly Considered On Duty to Defend to Determine if Party is Additional Insured In First Place
05/19/2011
When Does Defense Offered Subject to a Reservation of Rights Give Insured Right to Independent Counsel
04/28/2011
First Texas Decision Applying Gilbert — Contractual Liability Exclusion Applies to Construction Defect Claims
04/01/2011
Stowers Doctrine Construed in Trucking Case Where Demand to Settle Made Only to One of Several Insureds and For Combined Primary and Excess Limits Mulitiple Insureds
03/08/2011
The Difficulty in Proving Prejudice from Late Notice
03/18/2011
Texas Hospital Lien Law Leads to Settlement Nightmare
Texas Offer of Settlement Rule – Turning the Tables or Russian Roulette?
02/28/2011
Having a Duty to Indemnify Even Absent a Duty to Defend–Texas Supreme Court Applies DR Horton v Markel in a New Case
12/22/2010
SIRP Not a Suit
Employee Injury Exclusion and Extrinsic Evidence
11/17/2010
Reservation of Rights and Estoppel
09/22/2010
Exclusion for Obligation under Workers Compensation
TDI Bulletin Regarding Settlement Checks
09/08/2010
Horizontal versus Vertical Exhaustion Trigger
09/03/2010
Defense Reimbursement Claims Between Carriers
Theft versus Vandalism Distinction
Insureds Product Exclusion
Contractual Liability Exclusion