AUSTIN - The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors met Dec. 7 and declined to reverse the 5 percent rate increase on windstorm insurance policies scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, a press release states.
HOUSTON - Today, the First Court of Appeals affirmed a no damages award in a lawsuit brought against Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance over underinsured motorist benefits.
BEAUMONT – For a decade now, litigation brought by James Matthews, a Beaumont firefighter who was suspended indefinitely by the city after allegedly attacking and detaining an intoxicated driver, has bounced between venues.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims.
HOUSTON – A filing error has led to no benefits for a man who suffered a heart attack while training to be a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy, according to an opinion issued by the First Court of Appeals today.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the filing today of three lawsuits against three school districts defying Gov. Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38 regarding mask mandates: Richardson, Round Rock, Galveston, Elgin, Spring and Sherman Independent School Districts.
As someone who lived in California and Texas for nearly my entire adult life, I read Kenneth P. Miller’s new book, Texas vs. California (2020), with considerable anticipation.
BEAUMONT – A final judgment was recently entered in a lawsuit that resulted in a $113 million jury verdict against United of Omaha Life Insurance last month.