Supreme Court of Texas
Evanston Ins. Co. v. ATOFINA Petrochemicals, Inc., 03-0647
Judgment of a court of appeals in favor of respondent, additional insured, on its indemnification suit against an insurer involving the settlement of an underlying wrongful death suit is reversed where policy language excluded coverage for the respondent's sole negligence.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/13/2005
- Decided 05/05/2006
- Published 05/05/2006
Judges
- Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice MEDINA, and Justice WILLETT joined, and in which Justice HECHT and Justice JOHNSON joined as to Parts I, II.A-II.D, and II.F.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Henry S. Platts, Jeffery T. Nobles, Marcy Lynn Rothman, Brit T. Brown, Frank Anthony Monago, Beirne Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., John P. Abbey, Spagnoletti & Associates, Houston, TX, for Petitioner., R. Kinnon Goleman, Virginia K. Hoelscher, Brown McCarroll, L.L.P., George S. Christian, Texas Civil Justice League, Austin, Robert M. Roach Jr., Cook & Roach, L.L.P., Houston, Thomas D. Caudle, P.C., Waxahachie, TX, for Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- David M. Bays, Jack G. Carnegie, Tom Bayko, Jones Day, Houston, Wyatt D. Snider, Snider & Byrd, L.L.P., John Stephen Morgan, Lindsay & Morgan, PLLC Beaumont, Allyson Newton Ho, Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas TX, for Respondent.