Texas Insurance Law Newsbrief - July 25, 2011

Business Auto Policy Does Not Cover Transmission of a Communicable Disease From Driver to Passengers

Fifth Circuit Finds No Coverage for Business Torts in Liability Policy's Advertising Coverage

Court Upholds Jury's Verdict Awarding Damages for Breach of Settlement Agreement of Workers Compensation Claim

Insurer Wins Summary Judgment and Sanction Against Claimant in Bad-Faith Workers Compensation Lawsuit

Judgment Entered on $3.96 Million Jury Verdict on Galveston County Ike Trial

Each Property Adjusted Requires a Separate Deductible for claims Against Forum-Defendant Insurance Adjusting Company Under Its Liability Policy

Federal District Court Relies On Well-Settled Law, Denying Motion to Remand in Two Separate Opinions

New Charges of Lying to Federal Investigators Added to Hurricane Ike Fraud Prosecution

National Flood Insurance Program Remains on Congress' to-Do List

Texas Joins 20 Other States in Challenge to Health Care Law in Eighth Circuit