Cases

Benchmark Insurance Co. v. Linan

Court

SD Tx

Publish Date

06/23/2025
A court for the Southern District of Texas granted an insurer’s uncontested motion for summary judgment, holding evidence that homeowner did not reside at the property at policy inception satisfied the Monroe Exception to the eight-corners rule and established there is no duty to defend or indemnify the homeowner in an underlying personal injury lawsuit.
homeowners insurance, duty to defend, eight-corners rule, Monroe Exception, motion for summary judgment, duty to indemnify, ripeness