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A previous update analyzed the critical case of Monroe Guaranty Ins. Co. v. Bitco Gen. Ins. Corp., where the Texas Supreme Court recognized an exception to Texas’s “eight corners rule”...

Last year, the Texas Supreme Court adopted a narrow exception to the state’s eight-corners rule, and allowed the consideration of extrinsic evidence to determine the duty to defend. The...

A recent ruling in Texas has given insurers another arrow in their quiver when determining whether they have a duty to defend in cases where coverage may not exist. In Monroe Guaranty...

The Texas Supreme Court, in Bitco Gen. Ins. Corp. v. Monroe Guar. Ins. Co., recently solidified an exception to the longstanding “eight-corners” rule, granting insurance carriers some...

Texas permits few deviations from eight-corners rule, insurer’s duty to defend must be determined from complaint, policy, despite extrinsic evidence. Bitco Gen. Ins. Corp. v. Monroe Guar. Ins. Co. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals outlined court deviation under Monroe exception

The Situation: The Texas Supreme Court in February 2022 adopted a limited exception based upon a three-prong test allowing the use of extrinsic evidence when applying the "eight-corners" rule

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently applied the newly adopted Texas Supreme Court decision outlining those circumstances in which extrinsic evidence may be used to...