Legal Opinion
In re Farmers Insurance Co. Wind/Hail Storm Litigation 2
Texas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided August 30, 2016No. 16-0142PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*804ON REVIEW BY THE MULTIDIS-TRICT LITIGATION PANEL
OPINION
Presiding Judge Peeples
delivered the opinion of the MDL Panel.
Earlier this year Farmers Insurance Company asked for an MDL pretrial court to handle wind and hail claims that arose from June 12, 2014 through January 8, 2016. When Farmers’ Motion to Transfer was filed, it covered 186 cases pending before 76 courts in 27 counties. The numbers have fluctuated with the passage of time, as new cases were filed and older cases settled. A pretrial court was established by orders issued in April and June, with an opinion to follow.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re Texas Windstorm Insurance Ass'n Hurricanes Rita & Humberto LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2009
- In re National Lloyds Insurance Co. Hurricane LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2013
- In re State Farm Lloyds Hurricane LitigationTexas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2012
- In re Deepwater Horizon Incident LitigationTexas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2011
- In re State Farm Lloyds Hurricane Ike LitigationTexas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2012
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- Stephen Pruski v. Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2023