Legal Opinion

All-Tex Roofing, Inc. v. Greenwood Insurance Group, Inc.

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided March 7, 2002No. 01-01-00450-CVPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRY B. COHEN, Justice.

Appellant, All-Tex Roofing, Inc., sued appellees, Greenwood Insurance Group, Inc. and M.D. Jensvold and Company, Inc., for negligence and violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), 1 claiming they placed All-Tex’s liability insurance with an insolvent insurer. The trial judge granted a take-nothing summary judgment in favor of appellees. We reverse and remand.

Facts

In late 1995, All-Tex contacted Greenwood to purchase $2 million of general liability insurance. Greenwood wrote a policy for $1 million and asked Jensvold, a broker, to procure another $1…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
  2. American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. GrinnellTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Johnson & Higgins of Texas, Inc. v. Kenneco Energy, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. S.S.Texas Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Moreno v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Environmental Procedures, Inc. v. Guidry, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
  2. Medical Care America, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  3. Rice v. Louis A. Williams & Associates, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
  4. Greenwood Insurance Group, Inc. v. United States Liability Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
  5. Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. John SummersTexas Supreme Court · 2009

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