Some insurance policies do not specifically define the term “disparagement” in the policy. When the term “disparagement” is not defined, the courts will come up with a workable definition. As an example, in Lexmark International, Inc. v. Transportation Insurance...
Month: March 2021
INSURANCE POLICY’S INSURING CLAUSE LANGUAGE FORECLOSES PUNITIVE DAMAGE COVERAGE IN THE FIRST INSTANCE
In Farmers Texas Cty. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Zuniga, 548 S.W.3d 646 (Tex. App. 2017), the Court found that the specific language of an automobile liability policy’s insuring agreement precluded coverage for punitive damages in the first instance. The language in the...