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4:11-cv-03061
Texas Southern
110(Insurance)
Judge Gray H Miller
The Fifth Circuit upheld a jury verdict against a Houston law firm's insurance company Monday over an underlying malpractice dispute connected to work for Dish Network, saying the jurors had reached a reasonable conclusion.
An insurer said it will ask the Fifth Circuit to overturn a Texas federal judge's ruling that it must indemnify Houston law firm T. Wade Welch & Associates for $30 million in a malpractice suit brought by Dish Network over antitrust litigation and pay $6.9 million in attorneys' fees.
A Texas federal judge on Monday ordered OneBeacon Insurance Co. to fork over $4 million in attorneys' fees following a $30 million judgment requiring the insurer to indemnify T. Wade Welch & Associates in a Dish Network Corp. malpractice suit, paring down the Houston firm's $9 million fee request.
A Texas federal judge on Friday dismissed a bid by OneBeacon Insurance Co. to amend a $34 million judgment relating to its refusal to indemnify a Houston law firm in a malpractice suit brought Dish Network Corp., saying that damages and lost profits had been awarded correctly in the October jury decision.
Dish Network Corp. and its former attorneys urged a Texas federal court Tuesday to uphold a $34 million judgment against their former insurer, saying the OneBeacon Insurance Co. shouldn't get a "do over" by raising new objections about the size of the award or rehashing old arguments.
The insurer formerly known as OneBeacon Insurance Co. urged a Texas federal court Tuesday to overturn a $30 million judgment finding it committed a number of misdeeds related to its refusal to indemnify Houston law firm T. Wade Welch & Associates for malpractice claims stemming from an antitrust suit against Dish Network Corp.
Houston firm T. Wade Welch & Associates asked a Texas federal judge Monday to order OneBeacon Insurance Co. to fork over more than $9 million in attorneys' fees following a $30 million judgment requiring the insurer to indemnify the firm for malpractice claims stemming from an antitrust suit against Dish Network Corp.
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday said he had been wrong to slash $1,721 in daily interest from a judgment he had issued against OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. after a jury hit the insurer with a $34 million verdict requiring it to reimburse a Houston law firm for malpractice claims stemming from an antitrust suit against Dish Network Corp.
A Texas federal judge ruled Tuesday that Houston firm T. Wade Welch & Associates cannot recover the full $34 million jury verdict it won in its bid for indemnification in a malpractice suit brought by Dish Network Corp. over antitrust litigation.
While 2014 proved to be a big year for professional liability litigation, there are a few malpractice cases still unfolding that could have major lessons for law firms in the coming years and attorneys would be wise to pay attention, legal ethics experts say.