Ranger Insurance Co. v. Ward

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice JOSH R. MORRISS III.

Ranger Insurance Company (“Ranger”) appeals the trial court’s judgment regarding the enforceability of a purported release between Ranger and its insured (“the Release”). Appellees, John Ward, et al., are injured third-party landowners (“Landowners”). On competing motions for summary judgment, the trial court determined the policy in effect at the time of the loss in 1991 remained in effect despite the insurer’s and insured’s attempt to retroactively cancel the policy in 1996.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 19,1991, Ranger issued…