Insurance Law

Insurer Practices / Bad Faith
Insurance Coverage
Insurance Defense

Insurer Practices / Bad Faith

For many years, BAJB attorneys have handled bad faith and Texas Insurance Code claims arising out of commercial and personal lines coverage. Clients across the state find our experience and expertise worth the investment.

Services

  • Represent insurance agents who have licensure and compliance issues before the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).
  • Represent carriers who have been sued for breach of Common Law Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing.
  • Represent clients in mold and foundation claims.
  • Consult carriers in potential excess exposure issues.

Other Liability Cases

  • Carbon monoxide
  • Food ingestion
  • Mold exposure
  • Porcelain refinishing compounds
  • Sewage exposure

Continuing Education Course

BAJB presents "Occupational Diseases Under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act," approved by the Texas Department of Insurance, for claims professionals

More about Workers' Compensation Continuing Education Courses

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Insurer Practices Attorneys

David Brenner
Bob Burns
Jeff Jury

Workers' Compensation Compliance & Practices Attorneys

Joe Anderson
Bob Graves

Seminars

We provide 1, 2 and 3-hour, TDI-approved seminars for continuing education units in "Understanding and Preventing Bad Faith Claims." For more information, contact Jennifer Brenner.

Insurance Coverage

We have researched and litigated the duty to defend and the duty to indemnify in large-exposure coverage claims. We are also experienced in mediating insurance coverage disputes.

Recent Experience

  • Won a summary judgment for homeowners seeking a defense from their carrier in a mold claim.
  • Represented a policyholder and real estate developer when the carrier sued and said there was no coverage due to a pollution exclusion.
  • Represented homeowners in indemnification issues in residential construction cases.
  • Represented a technology company regarding defense and indemnity issues in a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) proceeding.
  • Represented a carrier with an indemnification issue for an Emergency Service District in a FLSA action.
  • Won a summary judgment for a technology company seeking a defense for an employment practices case in California.
  • Represented a railroad against two insurance carriers on indemnification issues.
  • Represented a non-profit risk management fund against a reinsurer on the reinsurer's duty to indemnify.
  • Represented clients in potential excess exposure cases.
  • Analyzed coverage issues for insurance carriers.
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Insurance Coverage Attorneys

Bob Burns
Jeff Jury
Joe Anderson

Clients

  • businesses
  • carriers
  • individual policyholders

Workers' Compensation

For more information on our extensive experience analyzing coverage issues with workers' compensation insurance, contact Joe Anderson

Insurance Defense

One of the cornerstones of our practice is the conglomerate of cases that we categorize as insurance defense work. Our partners have over a half-century of combined experience in this area, representing people and companies who have been sued.

All BAJB attorneys have career experience in traditional insurance defense. Some attorneys transitioned to other areas after their early training, while other attorneys continued to develop their expertise in the area, taking it to a new level.

The diversity and depth of our experience in insurance defense, coupled with our proven track record, makes BAJB an obvious choice for those who want the best. Our clients consider our counsel and representation in these matters a valuable investment.

High Exposure Cases

  • Premises cases involving sexual assaults and attempted murders
  • Boating fatality cases
  • Vehicular cases involving allegedly intoxicated operators
  • Serious burn injury cases
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Insurance Defense Attorneys

Lea Buffington
Lance Mullins
Ken Campbell

Types of Coverage

  • Texas personal auto policy
  • general commercial liability policy
  • business auto policy
  • watercraft policies

Seminars

We provide seminars for insurance professionals. For more information, contact Jennifer Brenner

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