Legal Opinion
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Consolidated Independent School District v. Texas Political Subdivisions Property/Casualty Joint Self-Insurance Fund
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 29, 2006No. 05-0340PublishedCited by 298 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Neill
joined by Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice MEDINA, and Justice JOHNSON.
The issue in this insurance coverage dispute is whether a self-insurance fund composed of local political subdivisions enjoys governmental immunity against a fund member school district’s coverage claim. In the suit underlying this appeal, fund member Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Consolidated Independent School District (“Ben Bolt”) sued the Texas Political Subdivisions Property/Casualty Joint Self-Insurance Fund (the “Fund”) after the Fund denied a claim for benefits under its policy. The…
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