March 15, 2021
On March 12, 2021, the Fifth Circuit in Bitco General Ins. Co. v. Monroe Guaranty Ins. Co., 2021 WL 955155 (5th Cir. 2021) certified two questions on the 8-Corner rule on an insurer’s duty to defend to the Texas Supreme Court. Here, the Texas Supreme Court is being asked to weigh in on potential exceptions to the
January 08, 2021
In the past month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an important decision on the Texas Stowers Doctrine in American Guarantee and Liability Ins. Co. v. ACE American Ins. Co., ___ F.3d ___; 2020 WL 7487067 (5th Cir. 2020). Bob Allen’s take on the decision is contained in the attached casenote he authored
November 22, 2020
After co-founding the DBA’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section (DBA TIPS) in the late 90s with Mike Knapek, Nikki Carmody and the late Mark Pistorious, Bob served as its Chair in 2001. At the DBA TIPS Annual Meeting on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at noon, he and his fellow DBA TIPS Past-Chairs will be virtually
March 25, 2020
The Allen Law Group is moving their Law Offices to 10670 North Central Expressway, Suite 550, Dallas, TX 75231. All contact information: Email: bob.allen@theallenlaw.com Off: 214-217-5012 Fax: 214-291-5544 Address: 10670 North Central Expressway, Suite 550, Dallas, TX 75231. The move, which is ongoing, is being be impacted by the CO-VID 19 shut-down and quarantine.
March 03, 2020
When Commercial Auto-insurer Amtrust Insurance Company of Kansas, out of the blue, received a policy limits Stowers demand in a wrongful death lawsuit being defended by the mutual insured’s CGL carrier, it turned to Bob Allen to resolve the coverage issue. Over the opposition of the CGL carrier, AmTrust intervened in the CGL carrier’s pending
January 22, 2020
A Houston-based safety engineering firm was sued in a construction site wrongful death suit. It tendered the suit to its CGL insurer, TALG client the Travelers Indemnity Co., who denied a defense based on its policy’s Professional Liability exclusion. Eighteen months later, this insured filed suit against Travelers in Houston Federal Court for breach
May 09, 2019
At the 2019 Annual Meeting at the Chicago Athletic Association, the Fellows of the American College of Coverage Counsel elected Bob Allen to their Board of Regents. Bob will serve the organization as a Regent through 2022. The American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC), established in 2012, is the preeminent association of U.S. and Canadian
February 20, 2019
When Dallas-based Zales Jewerly was purchased by jewelry conglomerate Signet in 2014, litigation against the Zale Board of Directors predictably followed. In addition to the typical fiduciary class action; a large percentage of Zale shareholders, including arbitrageurs, dissented to the merger and brought an action in Delaware Chancery Court to have their shares of Zale
January 17, 2019
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) is a non-profit professional association for the field of legal fee analysis. Its members provide a range of services on attorney fees and legal billing matters. One of its services is providing monthly CLE programs on Attorneys Fees Issues. The January 17, 2019 panel discussion focused on Legal
October 01, 2018
At this Symposium, Bob will be participating on a Panel on “’Stowers’ and the Art of Turning the Table on an Insurer with a Policy Limits Settlement Demand.” The American College of Coverage Counsel annually holds a Symposium focusing on cutting-edge insurance coverage issues at different Law Schools around the country. Prior Symposiums have been held
