Houston General Insurance Co. v. Owens

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Houston General Insurance Company (Houston General) brings this appeal from a judgment rendered on stipulations and a jury’s verdict, seeking to be absolved of its decreed $19,800 liability to Ralph Owens (Owens) and Ralph Owens Trucking Company, Inc. (the corporation) under the umbrella liability policy Houston General issued to Owens. Owens and the corporation cross-appeal, conditionally seeking a trebling of the $19,800 recovery pursuant to the Texas Consumer Protection-Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). 1 Concluding that Owens and the corporation waived a…