(October 20, 2020, 12:17 PM EDT) -- TYLER, Texas — A trial court abused its discretion in denying an insurer’s motion to sever and abate an insured’s extracontractual claims in a dispute over damage to an insured boat because the claims are severable and the insurer would be prejudiced if the extracontractual claims are not severed from the breach of contract claim, the 12th District Texas Court of Appeals said Oct. 14 (In re: Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., No. 12-20-00220-CV, Texas App., 12th Dist., 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 8236)....