Supreme Court of Texas

In an insurance subrogation case wherein a medical insurer and an injured insured disputed what portion of tort settlement proceeds, if any, should go to the insurer, summary judgment in favor of the insured is reversed as the "made whole" doctrine must yield to the medical insurer's right to contractual subrogation under the plain terms of the insurance policy at issue.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/16/2006
• Decided 06/29/2007
• Published 07/06/2007

Judges

• Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Loren R. Smith, Kelly, Smith & Murrah, P.C., Thomas A. Laucius, Laucius & Associates, Houston, TX, for Petitioner., Kevin J. Cook, Payne & Blanchard, Dallas, TX, E.L. Caraway III, Watson Caraway Harrington Nelson Midkiff & Luningham, Fort Worth, TX, for Other Interested Parties., Gary L. Wickert, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C., Hartford, WI, Brent M. Rosenthal, Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas B. Cowart, Law Offices of Thomas B. Cowart, P.C., Adolfo Ruiz Rodriguez, Basheer Youssef Ghorayeb, Rodriguez Law Firm, P.C., Dallas, TX, Michael W. Eady, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Respondents.