Legal Opinion

Motiva Enterprises, LLC v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 21, 2006No. 05-20139PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

We deny rehearing in this case and add the following:

As an alternate basis for our conclusion that Motiva cannot recover from National Union in this case, we point out that the holding by the Texas Supreme Court in *460State Farm, Lloyds Ins. Co. v. Maldonado, 963 S.W.2d 38, 40 (Tex.1998), has never been overruled or questioned by the Texas high court and is still good Texas law. Maldonado holds that a policy provision such as the one in National Union’s policy that the insured has no liability unless “the amount you owe has been determined with our consent or by actual trial and final judgment,”…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State Farm Lloyds Insurance Co. v. MaldonadoTexas Supreme Court · 1998
  2. PAJ, Inc. v. Hanover Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2005
  3. Prodigy Communications Corp. v. Agricultural Excess & Surplus Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2006

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ryan Law Firm, LLP v. New York Marine and General Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2020

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