Legal Opinion
Henson v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 13, 2000No. 99-0453PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Enoch
The question is whether an insurer, obligated to pay uninsured/underinsured benefits, owes on top of those benefits prejudgment interest to be computed either from 180 days after a demand for those benefits has been made, or from the day a' suit is filed for those benefits. Because uninsured/underinsured insurers do not breach their contractual obligation to pay until tort Lability is established, we conclude that prejudgment interest begins running from the date liability of the uninsured/underinsured motorist is established. Consequently, Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and…
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