Panel Directs Lower Court To Order Appraisal In Dispute Over Reconstruction Costs

( December 10, 2025, 8:06 AM EST) -- HOUSTON — A panel of the Texas First Court of Appeals vacated a trial court’s denial of a builders risk insurer’s motion to compel appraisal in a coverage dispute over the cost of reconstruction of a home damaged by fire and directed the lower court to order the parties to appraisal after determining that the insurer did not waive its right to demand appraisal....