Grapevine Excavation v. Maryland Lloyds

in which Justice ENOCH, Justice ABBOTT, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O’NEILL, and Justice GONZALES joined.

This case is before the Court on a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The certified question is whether, in a policyholder’s successful suit for breach of contract against an insurance company that is subject to one or more of the provisions listed in section 38.006 of the Insurance Code, the insurance company is hable to its policyholder for reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in pursuing the breach-of-contract action, either under an…