GREAT AMERICAN INS. CO. v. HAMEL

No. 14-1007.

525 S.W.3d 655 (2017)

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY and Great American Lloyds Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Glen HAMEL and Marsha Hamel, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: June 16, 2017.

Rehearing Overruled September 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levon G. Hovnatanian , Martin Disiere Jefferson & Wisdom L.L.P., Houston, for Amicus Curiae American Insurance Association.

Wade C. Crosnoe , Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, for Amicus Curiae Insurance Council of Texas.

Amy N. Rauch , Patrick J. Wielinski , Cokinos Bosien & Young, Irving, for Amici Curiae National Association of Homebuilders and Texas Building Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America.

Aaron L. Mitchell , Beth D. Bradley , Lori Joanne Murphy , Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi, LLP, Dallas, for Petitioners.

Hunter Thorne McLean , Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP, Fort Worth, Lee H. Shidlofsky , Shidlofsky Law Firm LLP, Austin, William Brent Shellhorse , Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLCP, Fort Worth, for Respondents.


In this case, we examine whether a judgment against an insured defendant was the product of a "fully adversarial trial" and is thus enforceable against the defendant's insurer. Homeowners sued their builder for failing to construct their home in a good and workmanlike manner, and the builder's...

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