Hidalgo County
Recent News About Hidalgo County
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Texas’ Hidalgo County named a ‘Judicial Hellhole’ for second straight year
McALLEN – For the second year in a row Texas’ Hidalgo County, arguably the birthplace of mass hailstorm litigation, has been named a “Judicial Hellhole” by the American Tort Reform Association. -
Mostyn Law bails on hail client after State Farm moves for summary judgment
HIDALGO COUNTY –The Mostyn Law Firm, founded by mega attorney Steve Mostyn, ditched their hailstorm client only a month before the hearing of a State Farm Lloyds motion for summary judgment, recent court filings show. -
Texas House told mass hail litigation driven by trial lawyers, triggering ‘tort tax’ upon all Texans
AUSTIN - The Texas House Insurance Committee recently met to hear testimony on the impact of mass hail litigation – a surge driven by trial lawyers out for profit, a tort reform advocate argued during the hearing. -
U.S. Chamber asks Texas SC to ‘curb discovery gamesmanship’ in hail cases
AUSTIN – For the past year, an appeal brought by State Farm Lloyds has been before the Texas Supreme Court, in which the insurer’s allies contend trial lawyers are abusing discovery to force settlements in storm lawsuits. -
Discovery order too broad in Mostyn Law hail cases, Texas SC finds
AUSTIN – National Lloyds will no longer have to fork over its internal management reports to The Mostyn Law Firm, with the Texas Supreme Court recently finding the information being sought by dozens of hail suit plaintiffs was “overbroad.” In the spring of 2012, two hailstorms rocked Hidalgo County, giving rise to thousands of lawsuits against insurance companies. -
Oral arguments set in National Lloyds fee discovery case before Texas Supreme Court
HOUSTON (SE Texas Record) – Oral arguments are scheduled for November before the Texas Supreme Court to review a lower court's ruling to compel discovery into attorney fees in multi-district litigation in a hail storm property damage coverage dispute. -
“Sure, barratry's a crime, but are you really going to punish me for it?”
Imagine if the laws against murder were rarely enforced. We'd see an increase in homicides over time, until the point where the situation became intolerable and the public demanded a crackdown. -
State Bar files disciplinary petition against hailstorm attorney Kent Livesay
HIDALGO COUNTY – The Commission for Lawyer Discipline, an arm of the State Bar of Texas, has filed a disciplinary petition against attorney Kent Livesay, who allegedly demanded damages from Allstate on behalf of a client he did not represent. -
Judge shuts down three more Mostyn hail suits, fines for contempt handed down in two of the cases
McALLEN – State Farm continued its winning streak against Steve Mostyn on Friday, as a federal judge granted the insurer summary judgment in three more of the Houston lawyer’s hail cases, two of which had fines for contempt issued against local counsel for the plaintiffs. -
Federal judge tosses 17 Mostyn hail claims in one day, State Farm granted summary judgment in every case
McALLEN – A federal judge in McAllen recently closed more than a dozen hails claims, all of which were handled by the Mostyn Law Firm, in a single day. -
Watchdog group asks Texans to keep arbitration out of insurance policies
AUSTIN – Texas Watch, a self-proclaimed consumer protection group, recently launched a campaign urging Lone Star residents to tell the Texas Department of Insurance to keep arbitration out of insurance disputes. -
State Farm continues win streak against Mostyn, victorious following hail trial
State Farm continues to pile up its victories against Houston attorney Steve Mostyn and his firm, coming out on top in a recent hail trial in Dallas County. -
Jury Service: It’s a Privilege, not a Duty
Have you ever received a postcard in the mail with “OFFICIAL JURY SUMMONS” emblazoned across the top? -
April showers bring May storm suits; 113 filed in Webb County in 4 days
HOUSTON – Spring has definitely come in like a lion in Texas so far, but no lamb is in sight yet as a torrent of storm lawsuits are currently flooding state courts. -
Hail storm chasers and lawsuits
Dear Editor: The Texas hailstorm season has brought with it more than just devastating weather to the state. -
Judge Alvarez declines to sanction hail attorney
A federal judge who recently threatened to sanction a hail attorney declined to do so following a Friday hearing. -
Federal judge considers sanctioning Mostyn for bringing baseless hail claims
MCALLEN - On Friday morning Houston attorney Steve Mostyn found himself 400 miles from home in the small border town of McAllen, forced to stand in front of a federal judge to explain why he shouldn't be sanctioned for bringing factually unsupported hail suits against insurers. -
Judge Alvarez threatens to sanction another hail attorney
A federal judge who previously threatened to impose sanctions against renowned storm attorney Steve Mostyn for bring factually unsupported hail suits recently threatened to sanction yet another hail attorney. -
Voss Law Firm reaps thousands more than hailstorm client following trial
EDINGBURG – At the conclusion of a civil trial in Hidalgo County, The Voss Law Firm ended up securing an award of any attorney’s fees that was thousands of dollars more than what jurors awarded to the client it represented. -
Lawsuits seeking $1M for chipped tiles filed in Hidalgo County
The birthplace of mass hailstorm litigation in Texas, Hidalgo County is now home to a cluster of “falling object” lawsuits, which respectively seek up to $1 million in damages for chipped floor tiles.