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5 Texas opinions name it 2 courts 2000–2021 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Janet Richards, Melvin Richards, and Amanda Culver Meals v. State Farm Lloydsgreen1 sentence2021See Richards, 597 S.W.3d at 494, 498-99 & n.8 (explaining the rule and stating it is applied “routinely” and that “[c]ommentors generally consider the eight-corners rule a settled feature of Texas law.”); GuideOne Elite Ins. | 1 | 1 |
Bush Construction, Inc. v. Texas Mutual Insurance Companygreen1 sentence2020Co., 557 S.W.3d 817, 822 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2018, no pet.) (“In determining whether an insurer has the duty to defend a claim against its insured, we apply the eight-corners rule”); Allstate Cty. | 1 | 1 |
G & H TOWING CO. v. Mageegreen1 sentence2018“Although a trial court errs in granting a summary judgment on a cause of action not expressly presented by written motion, . . . the error is harmless when the omitted cause of action is precluded as a matter of law by other grounds raised in the case.” G & H Towing Co. v. Magee, 347 S.W.3d 293, 297-98 (Tex. 2011). | 1 | 1 |
Pioneer Chlor Alkali Co. Inc. v. Royal Indem. Co.green1 sentence2000See 879 S.W.2d 920, 925 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1994, no writ). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
MBM Financial Corp. v. Woodlands Operating Co.
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2 sentences2011The court concluded that “[e]xtending the bar against declarations of non-liability from tort to contract cases would drastically handicap declaratory-judgment practice in Texas.” Id. 2011“And, historically, declarations of non-liability under a contract have been among the most -6- 04-10-00242-CV common suits filed under the Act, including: suits by insurers to declare non-liability under a duty-to-defend clause, suits by employees to declare non-liability under a covenant not to compete, and suits by a party to declare non-liability for higher or additional payments.” Id. | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.