Claim For Violations Of Texas Insurance Code To Proceed In Property Damage Suit

Mealey's (August 10, 2022, 10:16 AM EDT) -- SHERMAN, Texas — The dismissal of an insured’s common-law bad faith claim does not warrant the dismissal of the insured’s claim for violations of the Texas Insurance Code because the insured did not concede that the insurer never acted in bad faith in handling the insured’s storm damage claim, a Texas federal judge said Aug. 5 in partially denying the property insurer’s motion for summary judgment....