Legal Opinion
Lubin v. Farmers Group, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided January 21, 2005No. 03-03-00374-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.
The issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether article 21.21, section 17 of the insurance code allows the Attorney General to maintain a class action without satisfying the class action prerequisites set out in article 21.21, section 18. See Tex. Ins. Code Ann. art. 21.21, §§ 17, 18 (West Supp.2004-05). Section 17 of article 21.21 authorizes the Attorney General, at the request of the Texas Department of Insurance (the “Department”), to institute a class-action suit to recover from an insurer damages for injuries done to the insurance-buying public. Id. §…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Farmers Group, Inc. v. LubinTexas Supreme Court · 2007
- Farmers Group, Inc. v. LubinTexas Supreme Court · 2007
- Farmers Group, Inc., Farmers Underwriters Association, Fire Underwriters Association, Farmers Insurance Exchange and Fire Insurance Exchange v. Sandra Geter, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2007
- Jan Lubin, Gilberto Villanueva, Michael Paladino, Gerald Hooks and Lesly K. Hooks v. Farmers Group, Inc. Farmers Underwriters Association Fire Underwriters Association Farmers Insurance Exchange Fire Insurance Exchange Texas Farmers Insurance Company Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas Mid-Century Insurance Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
- Jan Lubin, Gilberto Villanueva, Michael Paladino, Gerald Hooks and Lesly K. Hooks v. Farmers Group, Inc. Farmers Underwriters Association Fire Underwriters Association Farmers Insurance Exchange Fire Insurance Exchange Texas Farmers Insurance Company Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas Mid-Century Insurance Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
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