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January 2, 2025
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Texas Supreme Court Rules That Excess Policy’s Qualified Form Following Provision Did Not Include Coverage for Defense Costs

By Bob Allen, Allen Law Group The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company v. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., ___ S.W.3d ___; 2024 WL 5172096 (Tex. 2024) In Ohio Casualty ...

November 2, 2024
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Practice Pointer – Top 10 Tips for Examinations Under Oath

By Marjorie Nicol, Houston Office of Shackelford, McKinley & Norton, LLP *Marjorie is a Partner in the Houston Office of Shackelford, McKinley & Norton, LLP, ...

June 22, 2024
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Practice Pointer – Top 10 Tips for Drafting an Appellate Brief

By Haley M. Owen, Fifth District Court of Appeals Navigating the complexities of insurance law in appellate courts requires the ability to communicate effectively with ...

June 4, 2024
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Practice Pointer – Top 5 Steps for Submitting a Property Damage Claim

By Karly Houchin, Partner focusing on construction law at Allensworth in Austin 1) Make sure you have the right type of policy for the claim ...

June 3, 2024
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Continuous or Progressive Injury and Damage Exclusion in Commercial General Liability Policies – A Workaround to the Actual Injury Trigger?

Most construction project participants procure insurance through a traditional approach: each project participant acquires their own insurance as required in their contracts. Under this approach, ...

June 22, 2023
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Claimant/Named Insured Limited to $30K Statutory Minimum when Houston First Court Declines to Find a “Separation of Insureds” Implied in Auto Policy

Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co. v. Minchew[i] A claimant who is also a named insured is limited to a $30,000.00 (statutory minimum) recovery under a ...