Legal Opinion

In re Colony Insurance

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 4, 1998No. 05-98-01391-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*747OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

LAGARDE, Justice.

Relator Colony Insurance Company seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court judge to sever certain claims from others in the underlying litigation. Colony sued for a declaratory judgment concerning the rights and duties of the parties to an insurance policy sold by Colony to real party in interest Donald DeChant. DeChant counterclaimed, asserting extracontractual, bad faith claims against Colony. Colony moved to sever the bad faith claims from its declaratory judgment action. On July 28, 1998, the judge signed a formal, written…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Reese v. PiperiTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Goff v. TuchschererTexas Supreme Court · 1982
  3. In Re Perritt, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1998
  4. Frink v. Blackstock, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
  5. Stephens v. Henry S. Miller Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1984

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In Re Cap Rock Electric Cooperative, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
  2. In Re Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Lauren Krueger v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2024
  3. in Re J. Michael Moore, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2021
  4. in Re State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2023
  5. in Re William Beatty, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013

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