Supreme Court of Texas

Excess insurance carriers that settled third-party claims against their insured are entitled to recoup the settlement payments from their insured when it was subsequently determined that the claims against the insured were not covered.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2006
• Decided 05/27/2005
• Published 05/27/2005

Judges

• Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice MEDINA, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• S. Shawn Stephens, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Fred A. Simpson, Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Houston, TX, G. Andrew Veazey, Huval Veazey Felder & Aertker, LLC, Lafayette, LA, Patrick J. Wielinski, Cokinos Bosien & Young, Arlington, Kent Hance, Hance Scarborough Wright Woodward & Weisbart LLP, E. Lee Parsley, E. Lee Parsley, P.C., Austin, Trevor Boyd Hall, Dallas, L. Hayes Fuller III, Naman Howell Smith & Lee LLP, Waco, James R. Old Jr., Germer & Gertz, L.L.P., Beaumont, E. Thomas Bishop, Bishop & Hummert, P.C., Dallas, Christopher Benjamin Dove, Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP, Houston, David Taubenfeld, Haynes & Boone, LLP, Dallas, Fred C. Bosse, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae., J. Clifton Hall III, Natalie Jerae Carlson, Karen Klaas Milhollin, Westmoreland Hall, P.C., J. James Cooper, Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs, Houston, TX, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tracy C. Temple, Warren W. Harris, Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P., William Fred Hagans, Carl D. Kulhanek Jr., Hagans Burdine Montgomery Rustay & Winchester, Christopher W. Martin, Martin Disiere Jefferson & Wisdom, Houston, TX, Greg Abbott, Austin, for Respondent.