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Juan A. Martin-de-Nicolas v. AAA Texas County Mutual Insurance Company
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, No. 03-17-00054-CV · judgment April 19, 2018
Certiorari denied · February 24, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Do automobile liability insurers have a duty notto-settle third-party claims, when it becomes rea sonably clear that the peril insured against— policyholder negligence—has not occurred, and therefore, it is reasonably clear that the policyholder is not “legally liable”?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Juan A. Martin-de-Nicolas
For respondent
Gregory R. Ave
Walters, Balido & Crain, LLP
Proceedings
- Feb 24 2020Petition DENIED.
- Jan 15 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
- Dec 31 2019Waiver of AAA Texas County Mutual Ins. Co. not accepted for filing. (January 09, 2020)
- Dec 31 2019Waiver of right of respondent AAA Texas County Mutual Insurance Company to respond filed.
- Sep 30 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)
- Jul 29 2019Application (19A115) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 30, 2019.
- Jul 22 2019Application (19A115) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.