Questions Certified; Case Has ‘Significant Consequences’ For Texas Insurance Market

Mealey's (May 20, 2022, 1:55 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 19 certified three questions to the Teas Supreme Court in an insured’s lawsuit alleging that his roof damage was caused by a 2018 hailstorm, noting that there “are substantial gaps in the concurrent causation doctrine, and this case poses significant consequences for the Texas insurance market.”...