Supreme Court of Texas

An insurance company that does not comply with claim acknowledgment requirements of Texas Insurance Code article 21.55, section 6 is not required to pay an insured's attorney's fees when insured obtains uninsured motorist's benefits that do not exceed personal injury benefits it previously paid under the policy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/28/2001
• Decided 05/10/2001
• Published 05/10/2001

Judges

• Justice ABBOTT delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Wade Caven Crosnoe,Lisa Ann Songy, Dallas, Jeff D. Otto, Stephen A. Wood, Austin, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark Wesley Crampton, Law Office of Mark Crampton, Philip K. Maxwell, Longley & Maxwell, Austin, for Respondent.