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TEXAS SUPREME COURT

by MSQ Master | Nov 22, 2024 | COURTS | 0 |

INSURANCE DISPUTE “TOTAL LOSS” (“SALVAGE”) PROBLEM, APPROPRIATENESS OF CLASS ACTION? NO! APPROPRIATENESS OF INDIVIDUAL’S ACTION FOR CONVERSION? YES! USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (PETITIONER) v. SUNNY LETOT...

TEXAS SUPREME COURT

by MSQ Master | Nov 11, 2024 | COURTS | 0 |

INSURANCE APPRAISAL A SEMI-LEGAL PROCEEDING: POLICYHOLDER RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY FEES CONTROLLED BY STATUTE Rodriguez [HO] v. Safeco Insurance of Indiana [ “Ir”] (Tex. 2024) For quite a long time, as long as 150 years, or so, in...

Judge, Sex, Complainant, Witness, Conviction, and §1983

by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Nov 17, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |

This is a brief sketch of a case in federal court–first in the district court in Michigan...

Texas Law & the Use of Expert Witnesses

by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 11, 2023 | COURTS, EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |

The Texas Supreme Court recently decided on a very significant case on legal malpractice. The...

Texas Legal Malpractice Decision: Limitation on the “Case-Within-the-Case” Doctrine

by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 10, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |

It has been almost universally thought amongst lawyers, who are knowledgeable on the relevant...

The Chesley Scandal–Never Ending?

by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 5, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |

Stan the Man” has been a lucky bull-shitter for a generation. “I have been a great...

Kentucky and the Saga of the Three Crooks

by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 4, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |

Consider the case of Abbott et al. v. Chesley et al. (Ky. 2011-SC-000291-DG), decided late-August 2013, easily findable on the internet. This case arose out of the fen-phen outrage–You Know: the...

Expert Witness: What Not to Do

by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 28, 2023 | COURTS, EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |

Earlier in 2013, there was a legal malpractice case involving the FDIC and a group of lawyers...

Not So Sharp Texas Justice Made Sharp Statements to Public Officials

by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 22, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |

Here is a rough outline of the behavior of an elected Court of Appeals Justice in Texas. The Commission on Judicial Conduct recommended that Justice James Patrick Sharp, Jr.,” the accused,” be publicly reprimanded....