Texas Majority Reverses Ruling In Dispute Over State’s Prompt Payment Of Claims Act

Mealey's (July 1, 2019, 12:18 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A majority of the Texas Supreme Court on June 28 held that an insured failed to demonstrate that it is entitled to prompt payment damages under the Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act (TPPCA) and that the insurer failed to establish that it can owe no TPPCA damages as a matter of law, reversing and remanding (Barbara Technologies Corporation v. State Farm Lloyds, No. 17-0640, Texas Sup., 2019 Tex. LEXIS 687)....