Legal Opinion

In re Illinois Employers Insurance of Wausau

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 2, 2016No. 14-16-00032-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

William J. Boyce, Justice

Relator Illinois Employers Insurance of Wausau (‘Wausau”) filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004); see also Tex.R.App. P. 52. Wausau asks this court to compel the Honorable William C. Kirkendall, presiding judge of the 2nd 25th District Court of Colorado County, to set aside his January 4, 2016 order denying Wausau’s plea to the jurisdiction as to bad faith claims in the underlying workers’ compensation case. We conditionally grant the petition.

Background

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 2004
  2. In Re Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.Texas Supreme Court · 2005
  3. In Re McAllen Medical Center, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Aranda v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1988
  5. In Re Team Rocket, L.P.Texas Supreme Court · 2008

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re Zurich American Insurance Company v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2026
  2. Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company v. Donald Bristow, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2025

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