Panel Certifies Question To Texas High Court In Coverage Suit Over ATV Accident

(September 10, 2019, 1:33 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 9 certified a question to the Texas Supreme Court to determine whether there’s a policy language exception to Texas’ eight-corners rule after insureds’ appealed a lower federal court’s ruling that their homeowners insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify them against an underlying lawsuit alleging that they were negligent in failing to supervise and instruct their 10-year-old grandson who died while in their care (State Farm Lloyds v. Janet Richards, et al., No. 18-10721, 5th Cir.)....

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