Remember that amazing time when we Texans came together and with one heart and one mind lobbied our state legislature to establish a billion-dollar trust fund to benefit our favorite native-son trial lawyer?
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – In the wake of hurricanes Ike and Rita, no lawyer profited more from the storms, financially and politically, than plaintiffs attorney Steve Mostyn.
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Viewing him as a “bully” at the state capitol, a legal reform group suspects plaintiffs attorney Steve Mostyn will continue to spend millions of dollars on liberal politicians, such as state Sen. Wendy Davis, to ensure he has his way with the Texas legislature.
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – The Mostyn Law Firm and its attorneys are spending a small fortune to ensure state Sen. Wendy Davis’ political ambitions come to fruition.
Houston trial attorney Steve Mostyn is in another fight with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, this time claiming he has emails showing a culture of racism at the agency.
With only days before the 2013 Hurricane Season begins, the state’s insurer of last resort may have to file for bankruptcy, and one Texas lawmaker says attempts to save the agency have been killed by a Houston trial attorney.
Last week, the board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association met to consider taking the agency into receivership due to the thousands of pending Hurricane Ike lawsuits. Instead, the board agreed to consider a settlement offer from Houston attorney Steve Mostyn.
Although there was a noticeable decline in civil filings in Jefferson County District Court from 2011, insurance providers were granted no reprieve in 2012.
AUSTIN - At a legislative oversight committee hearing last week, lawmakers learned that if it were a private insurance company, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association would not be able to sell policies in Texas because it may not have enough funds to back them up.
We’ve all read stories or seen movies about people pooling their resources to overcome a calamity. Maybe it’s a shipwreck on a deserted island, a plane crash on some remote mountaintop, or a city under siege.
Correction: A previous version of this story stated that the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association had $25 million in reserve to pay for future catastrophes, based on information in a press release from Rep. Larry Taylor. According to TWIA however, there is around $177 million in the Catastrophe Reserve Fund.
Solis Although insurance lawsuits filed over Hurricane Ike are still pouring in by the dozens, a surge in suits filed over lesser storms has surfaced in the Beaumont courthouse.
GALVESTON - Galveston County residents Carl and Kay Howard allege Freeport resident Rene Damian mishandled the required paperwork to get their roof certified and insured.
A Beaumont resident claims his insurance company refuses to adequately pay him for damages caused to his home after Hurricane Ike struck on Sept. 13, 2008.
Wentworth State Sen. Jeff Wentworth's record on civil justice issues shows he favors the plaintiffs' trial bar despite his claims that he supports tort reform, according to recent report by a Texas legal reform group.
