A recent ruling in Texas has given insurers another arrow in their quiver when determining whether they have a duty to defend in cases where coverage may not exist. In Monroe Guaranty.
The Texas Supreme Court, in Bitco Gen. Ins. Corp. v. Monroe Guar. Ins. Co., recently solidified an exception to the longstanding “eight-corners” rule, granting insurance carriers some.
Texas permits few deviations from eight-corners rule, insurer’s duty to defend must be determined from complaint, policy, despite extrinsic evidence. Bitco Gen. Ins. Corp. v. Monroe Guar. Ins. Co. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals outlined court deviation under Monroe exception
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In February, the Supreme Court of Texas issued two opinions important to Texas’s duty-to-defend analysis. First, the court settled a split among Texas appellate courts by endorsing a.