BARBARA TECH v. STATE FARM LLOYDS, DISSENTING OP OF CHIEF JUSTICE HECHT CJ
TEXAS PROMPT PAYMENT OF CLAIMS ACT & POLICY APPRAISAL CLAUSES BARBARA TECHNOLOGIES [BT] CORPORATION, PETITIONER v. STATE FARM LLOYDS [SFL], RESPONDENT 17-0640 JUNE 28, 2019 589 S.W.3d 806 (Tex. 2019) DISSENTING OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE HECHT...
BARBARA TECH v. STATE FARM LLOYDS CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION
TEXAS PROMPT PAYMENT OF CLAIMS ACT & POLICY APPRAISAL CLAUSES BARBARA TECHNOLOGIES [BT] CORPORATION, PETITIONER v. STATE FARM LLOYDS [SFL], RESPONDENT 17-0640 JUNE 28, 2019 589 S.W.3d 806 (Tex. 2019) CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE...
BARBARA TECH V. STATE FARM LLOYDS; TEXAS PROMPT PAYENT OF CLAIMS ACT; INSURANCE BAD FAITH AND APPRAISAL CLAUSEraisal Clause, Prompt Payment (TPPCA)
TEXAS PROMPT PAYMENT OF CLAIMS ACT & POLICY APPRAISAL CLAUSES BARBARA TECHNOLOGIES [BT] CORPORATION, PETITIONER v. STATE FARM LLOYDS [SFL], RESPONDENT 17-0640 JUNE 28, 2019 589 S.W.3d 806 (Tex. 2019) MAJORITY OPINION aka COURT'S OPINION PRELIMINARY...
INSURANCE TREATISE–1802: GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING
A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF INSURANCE: IN FOUR BOOKS (1802) Good Faith & Contracts of Insurance Obviously, the above-titled treatise is a very old one, though by no means the oldest. The date February 2, 1802 is the date the author signed the Preface....
MENCHACA II: MOSTLY PROCEDURAL OPINION ON RE-HEARDING [QUINN’S PART FIVE]
MENCHACA II TRIAL JUDGE'S DISREGARD OF ANSWER #1 AN ERROR: WHAT TO DO UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES?PLURALITY OPINION OF COURT USAA Texas Lloyds Company v. Menchaca, 545 S.W.3d 479 (Tex. 2018) Quinn's Part Five The opinion of the Court is that the trial...
QUINN’S OBSERVATIONS (ETC) ON LAW PRACTICE
OBSERVATIONS, RECOLLECTIONS, OCCASIONAL SUGGESTIONS SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS Michael Sean Quinn* I conjecture that there are a goodly number of lawyers who more-or-less fit at least some of the following descriptions and who have similar problems. I...
THE “‘STOWERS’ DOCTRINE” — A TEXAS LITIGATION ICON
"STOWERS"--RECOGNIZED EVERYWHERE, NEARLY WORSHIPED IN TEXAS, AND SIMPLER THAN MANY THINK Michael Sean Quinn* The "Stowers Doctrine" is based upon a case styled (entitled) G.A.Stowers Furniture Co. v. Am Indem. Co. 15 S.W.2d 544 (Tex. Comm'n App. 1929, holding...
TEXAS INSURANCE BAD FAITH: THE FIRST MENCHACA OPINION–THE ONE THAT GOT REHEARD
STATUTORY INSURANCE BAD FAITH IN TEXAS: PROVISIONS, COVERAGE & CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PHASE ONE Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D., C.P.C.U, Etc. Insurance bad faith is very exciting in Texas. Whether in its common law version or in its statutory version, it is not a...
Tired and Tiresome Legal Cliches
WORNOUT LAWYER CLICHES Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc.* When a word is used too often, it wears out, and becomes insignificant, unconvincing, and ignored by the listener or the reader. Some terms used by lawyers are like that. Important terms become...
MORE ON AGING LAWYERS
AND THEIR PROBLEMS...HOW LONG CAN ONE KEEP GOING? Of course, case by case determinations are the real answer, and they vary from individual to individual. So get used to uncertainty. Indeed, learn to love it. However, keep the following in mind. Murray...
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