Munsch Hardt

Insurance Coverage

Texas law regarding commercial insurance coverage is complex and constantly evolving. Munsch Hardt attorneys regularly represent companies in disputes with their insurance carriers over coverage involving everything from business interruption caused by natural disasters to demands for reimbursement of defense and indemnity costs stemming from covered litigation.

Representative Deals & Suits
  • Representation of insureds in a variety of lawsuits involving reporting to and interface with monitoring attorneys and/or claims personnel.
  • Representation of insurers in insurance coverage disputes in all stages of litigation from notice of claim through the appeal process.
  • Representation of a major hospitality industry company with respect to various commercial liability insurance issues.
  • Representation of insurers in preparing coverage opinions for all types of third party insurance contracts.
  • Representation of a regional accounting firm with regard to a coverage dispute under the professional practices policy for a malpractice suit.
  • Representation of a major manufacturer in the air handling industry with respect to a coverage dispute under general commercial liability insurance policies for a business defamation suit.
  • Representation of a corporate member of a Texas limited liability company in a lawsuit involving issues of first impression in Texas with respect to dissolution of a limited liability company and member fiduciary duties.
  • Representation of one of the country's largest publicly held hospital companies in a number of lawsuits involving claims against the company and its directors and officers for fraud, fiduciary and contract breaches regarding a variety of partnership and joint venture projects.
  • Representation of a shareholder derivative plaintiff asserting fiduciary breach claims against directors and officers of a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) traded company regarding related party transactions with the company's chairman involving an excess of $1 billion.
  • Representation of the special litigation committee empowered to investigate and evaluate shareholder derivative claims involving securities fraud, fiduciary and contract breaches against directors and officers of a publicly held physician management organization.
  • Representation of directors and officers of a privately held Internet company in lawsuits in New York and Dallas, Texas involving claims of securities fraud, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of contract and corporate dissolution.
  • Representation of a National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) traded company in connection with a corporate control battle involving derivative and securities claims against current and former officers and directors. Munsch Hardt also evaluated potential professional liability claims against former officers and directors as well as former attorneys and accountants.