Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P. wins $1.4 million Verdict in Insurance Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Case
May 7, 2012-Houston Texas. Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P., the policyholders’ law firm, won a verdict last week for its small-business client in Houston, Harris County, Texas. After a week-long trial, the jury found United National Insurance Company liable to the policyholder for $1.4 million. The suit arose out of damages to a seven story office [...]
Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P. Wins Verdict in Insurance Bad Faith Case
May 4, 2012-Corpus Christi,Texas. Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P., the policyholders’ law firm won a verdict in a commercial insurance coverage case last week in Corpus Christi, Texas. Gravely & Pearson represented the church, Christi Bay Temple, against GuideOne Insurance Company after GuideOne refused to pay for covered water damage to the church sanctuary. After a [...]
Gravely & Pearson Wins Appeal Before the Supreme Court of Texas in Commercial Insurance Dispute
Gravely & Pearson, the policyholders law firm, prevailed in the Supreme Court of Texas in an insurance coverage dispute arising out of extensive storm damage to a church in Corpus Christi. In a unanimous opinion in Christi Bay Temple v. GuideOne Specialty Mut. Ins. Co., the Supreme Court of Texas ruled in favor of the [...]
Gravely & Pearson Files Amicus Brief in Fifth Circuit On Behalf of Thousands of Texas Businesses
Gravely & Pearson, the policyholders law firm, has filed an amici curiae (“friends of the court”) brief in Blum’s Furniture v. Certain Underwriters of Lloyds of London, an appeal pending before the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case concerns an attempt by the insurance industry to get the courts to fashion a rule [...]
Gravely & Pearson wins first Hurricane Ike trial – $3.9 million dollar verdict
A jury returned a $3.96 million verdict against a Boston insurance company, saying it didn’t fairly compensate owners of an apartment complex damaged by Hurricane Ike.
The verdict rendered Thursday was the first in Galveston or Harris counties against an insurer related to residential damage caused by the storm.
Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P. Files Amicus Brief in Texas Supreme Court Appraisal Case
Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P. the policyholders law firm, has filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in In re Universal Underwriters of Texas Insurance Company with the Supreme Court of Texas. The case concerns the treatment of an appraisal clause in insurance policies. Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P. filed the brief as part of its commitment to advocacy for the rights of property owners and policyholders because the case involves important issues of public policy and legal significance.
Gravely & Pearson wins victory for policyholders fighting insurance companies
In this mandamus proceeding, relators Travelers Lloyds of Texas Insurance Company, Travelers Property & Casualty, the Travelers Lloyds Insurance Company, the Travelers Indemnity Company of America, and Kevin Shelton (the Travelers entities) claim they are entitled to a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to grant their motion for severance and abatement. After a panel of this court denied mandamus relief in a memorandum opinion, relators filed a motion for rehearing
Jury Finds Firm liable in sex bias lawsuit
A San Antonio jury has awarded $250,000 to a Kendall County woman in a sex discrimination suit against San Antonio Aerospace L.P. Hue “Lisa” Levasseur, 51, sued her former employer in 2005 after she was fired in March 2004. She complained to the Equal Employment Commission, which not only gave her the green light to sue the company but also found it had discriminated against her.
Clear Channel buyout plan draws lawsuits
Clear Channel Communications Inc.’s buyout proposal may be one of the biggest in history, but several shareholders are saying it’s not good for them. So far, at least 10 complaints about the deal are pending in federal and Bexar County district courts.
Insurer denies it fired employee for exposing fraud
Attorneys representing Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate Insurance Co. have filed a motion in Bexar County District Court asking the judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit brought against it by an employee who claims, in part, that he was fired for helping to expose fraud.