Allison v. Fire Insurance Exchange

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

In June 2001, a Travis County jury awarded a verdict for over thirty-two million dollars against Fire Insurance Exchange, a member of the Farmers Insurance Group (“FIE”), for its handling of Mary Melinda Ballard’s 1 homeowner’s insurance claims, which began as a single claim for water damage to a hardwood floor and evolved to include mold contamination of the entire house and outbuildings. FIE contends in eleven issues on appeal that the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s liability findings; the district court erred in denying…