July 21, 2023
The Texas Supreme Court will take up a certified question from the Fifth Circuit on whether an insurer's payment of an independent appraisal award bars a policyholder from seeking attorney fees under the Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act, the high court announced Friday.
July 12, 2023
The Fifth Circuit asked the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to consider whether an insurer's independent appraisal award payment bars a policyholder from seeking attorney fees under the Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act, in light of the Legislature's amendments to the law in 2017.