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Safeco Insurance Co. of Indiana v. Hanson

Court: ND Tx  04/30/2025  Insurer Has No Duty to Indemnify for Injury or Death Resulting From Fatal Gunshot Wound to Domestic Partner A court of the Northern District of Texas accepted a magistrate’s recommendation to grant an insurer’s motion for summary judgment

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Beasley v. Allied Trust Insurance Co.

Court: Tx 12-Tyler  04/30/2025  Court of Appeals Upholds Summary Judgment Dismissal Based on Extrinsic Evidence Trial court’s consideration of extrinsic evidence in determining insurer’s duty to defend (and indemnify) was proper because the underlying petition did not contain the facts necessary to

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Allstate Fire & Casualty Co. v. Nguyen

Court: Tx 14-Houston  04/29/2025  Court of Appeals Reverses in Part, Remands in Part Summary Judgment on Issue of Common-Fund Doctrine Summary judgment was improper on issue of whether the common fund doctrine applies to require an offset of insurer’s subrogation claim to

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Phenix de Tejas, Inc. v. Sentinel Insurance Company

Court: WD Tx  04/29/2025  Insurer’s Motion to Dismiss Granted in Part and Denied it in Part A court of the Western District of Texas found that the insured did not state claims for common law fraud, fraudulent concealment, or fraudulent inducement in

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