Charla Aldous, P.C. v. Darwin National Assu

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

In her appeal to this court, Charla Aldous asked that we "reverse" Parkans International LLC v. Zurich Insurance Co. , 299 F.3d 514 (5th Cir. 2002). We observed our lack of authority to do so and applied the case. See Aldous v. Darwin Nat'l Assurance Co. , 851 F.3d 473 , 485 (5th Cir. 2017) ("We are not at liberty to second-guess this ruling."). Under Parkans and its so-called "independent injury" rule, Aldous's claims under the Texas Insurance Code Chapter 541 (and those Insurance Code claims brought derivatively under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act 1 ) were barred…