FARMERS GROUP, INC. v. GETER

No. 19-0996.

620 S.W.3d 702 (2021)

FARMERS GROUP, INC., Farmers Underwriters Association, Fire Underwriters Association, Farmers Insurance Exchange, and Fire Insurance Exchange, Petitioners, v. Sandra GETER, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Gerald Hooks, Jr., Lesly K. Nolen, and Joseph C. Blanks, P.C., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: April 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Blanks , Doucette, for Respondents Joseph C. Banks, P.C., Hooks, Jr., Gerald, Nolen, Lesly K.

Glen W. Morgan , John Gerard Werner , Larry De-Wayne Layfield , Beaumont, for Respondents Geter, Sandra.

Katherine D. Mackillop , Carlos R. Rainer Jr. , Houston, Lawrence L. Germer , Beaumont, Layne E. Kruse , M. Scott Incerto , Austin, Joseph C. Blanks , Doucette, for Petitioners Fire Insurance Exchange, Farmers Underwriters Association, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Underwriters Association.

Layne E. Kruse , Lawrence L. Germer , Beaumont, Carlos R. Rainer Jr. , Houston, M. Scott Incerto , Austin, Katherine D. Mackillop , Houston, for Petitioners Farmers Group, Inc.

Bill Davis , M. Scott Incerto , Austin, for Amicus Curiae:


This is the latest appeal in a long-running class-action suit. The primary issue is how to interpret a homeowners insurance policy that has been out of use for nearly twenty years. For the reasons explained below, we conclude that the insurer correctly interprets the policy and was therefore...

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