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URRUTIA v. DECKER

No. 98-0554.

992 S.W.2d 440 (1999)

Emilio URRUTIA and Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P., Petitioners, v. Ferol DECKER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim S. Leonard, David Scott Curcio, John B. Wallace, William Douglas Hammond, Mark D. Flanagan, Houston, for petitioners.

Dan Hennigan, Houston, for respondent.

Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

This case requires us to determine the validity of liability insurance a truck leasing company provided to its customer as part of a rental transaction. Based on representations that $20,000 was all the insurance available, the claimant settled his bodily injury claim for that amount. When he later discovered the nature of the leasing company's insurance arrangement, he sued the leasing company and...

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