Insurer Asks Texas High Court To Reverse Ruling In UIM Coverage Dispute

Mealey's (October 16, 2020, 8:26 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — An insurer recently asked the Texas Supreme Court to “resolve a growing split among” the Texas appeals courts and reject an insured’s invocation of Texas’ Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (UDJA) “solely as a pretext to obtain otherwise unrecoverable attorney’s fees” (Allstate Insurance Company v. Daniel Wes Irwin, No. 19-0885, Texas Sup.)....