In re National Lloyds Insurance Co. Hail Litigation

I join in the Panel’s holding and opinion. I write separately to emphasize that National Lloyds’s motion for transfer leaves more questions unanswered than it attempts to answer.

For first-party insurance claims against a common insurer arising out of significant weather events, cases are related only if they allege that (1) the insurer handled claims in accordance with standard business practices and (2) the significant weather events occurred in “close proximity.” In re Nat’l Lloyds Ins. Co. Hurricane Litig., 422 S.W.3d 926 (Tex.M.D.L. Panel Order 2013).

I agree that the record does not…