Maryland Insurance Co. v. Head Industrial Coatings & Services, Inc.

This decision cries out for review and reversal by the Texas Supreme Court. The majority of this court fails to follow a number of Texas Supreme Court decisions. It scarcely notices Elbaor v. Smith, circumvents Allstate Insurance Company v. Watson, casts aside as dicta a clear pronouncement in Texas Farmers Insurance Company v. Soriano, and pays mere lip service to the decisions in Union Bankers Insurance Company v. Shelton, National Union Fire Insurance Company v. Dominguez, and Lyons v. Millers Casualty Insurance Company. And, in so doing, the majority — wittingly or not— makes this court a…