Dennis Horn v. State Farm Lloyds

HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal centers on whether the phrase “any Hurricane Ike cases,” in a contract covering “all Hurricane Ike cases that either have been filed or will be filed in the future,” encompasses class-action lawsuits. Concluding that it does, we AFFIRM.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In the wake of Hurricane Ike, hundreds of homeowners, many of them represented by the Mostyn Law Firm (“the Firm”), filed claims against State Farm Lloyds (“State Farm”) in Texas state court. In many of those cases, homeowners sued individual adjusters in their personal capacities. State Farm removed…