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ALLISON v. FIRE INS. EXCHANGE

No. 03-01-00717-CV.

98 S.W.3d 227 (2002)

Ronald ALLISON/Fire Insurance Exchange, Appellants, v. FIRE INSURANCE EXCHANGE, a Member of the Farmers Insurance Group/Mary Melinda Ballard and Ronald Allison, Individually and as Next Friends for Reese Allison, a Minor, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled February 13 and 21, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendall C. Montgomery, Kendall Montgomery, P.C., Houston, J. Woodfin Jones, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, LLP, Austin, William Fred Hagans, Paula Janecek, Hagans, Bobb & Burdine, Houston, Terry Scarborough, Hance, Scarborough, Wright, Ginsberg & Brusilow, L.L.P., Austin, Vincent Lee Marable III, Paul Webb, P.C., Wharton, for appellant-R.A.

Todd A. Hunter, Hunter & Handel, P.C., Corpus Christi, Stephen G. Tipps, Tynan Buthod, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Houston, Joseph R. Knight, Susan Dillon Ayers, Bob E. Shannon, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Austin, Robert F. Scheihing, Adami, Goldman & Shuffield, Inc., San Antonio, for Fire E.

Before Chief Justice ABOUSSIE, Justices PATTERSON and PURYEAR.

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

In June 2001, a Travis County jury awarded a verdict for over thirty-two million dollars against Fire Insurance Exchange, a member of the Farmers Insurance Group ("FIE"), for its handling of Mary Melinda Ballard's1 homeowner's insurance claims, which began as a single claim for water damage to a hardwood floor and evolved to include mold contamination of the entire house and outbuildings. FIE contends in eleven...

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