On May 12, 2017, the jury awarded a verdict for approximately $41 million in Prime Natural Resources, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London, No. 2015-51137, In the 129th District Court of Harris County, Texas. The firm appeared as appellate counsel at trial to assist lead trial attorney John Zavitsanos of AZA in a suit arising from an insurer denying coverage for an offshore oil rig damaged in Hurricane Rita. The jury awarded not only full compensatory damages, but additional bad faith damages for unfair insurance practices.
Thirty years ago, expressly to protect defendants facing unfair, make-or-break, gross negligence and punitive damages…
INTRODUCTION – Bad faith investigations by insurers – at the intersection of insurance and intentional…
Robert M Roach was asked by the State Bar of Texas to present his paper…
Robert M. Roach Jr. was asked to present his papers on Investigation-Based Insurance and Bad…
