February 11, 2013
Approximately 245 members of the Texas/Southeast Division of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) volunteered during the foundation’s Week of Giving to clean headstones and monuments and complete general maintenance projects at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. The IICF joins …
February 6, 2013
Federal arson officials now are among nearly three dozen investigators looking into a fire that gutted an historic San Antonio church. The Childress Memorial Church of God in Christ went up in flames Friday. It’s about a mile north of …
February 4, 2013
One of the axioms of Texas bad faith law has always been that there is no bad faith where a carrier has not breached its duties to the insured. If you act reasonably and make a mistake, it is not …
January 31, 2013
CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts, a national multi-shop operator network (MSO), announced the opening of the first CARSTAR location in Denton, Texas – Autobody Denton CARSTAR. Owned by Mark Riney, Autobody Denton CARSTAR is located at 820 E. McKinney Street …
January 28, 2013
Police in Dallas are investigating a shooting reported by one driver who says he was attacked by another driver shouting, “Stay in your lane! Stay in your lane!” According to a police report, a 25-year-old man said he was driving …
January 28, 2013
Authorities continue to investigate how a 7-year-old boy died after being found inside a sand pile at a Texas horse training facility. Wyatt McDaniel was playing on Friday with his 5-year-old brother Logan while their father, head instructor Charles McDaniel, …
January 23, 2013
A 72-year-old woman was killed in a Southeast Texas car wash after an unsecured vehicle that was being cleaned ran her over. The Houston Chronicle reports that Juana Gonzalez and her family were waiting for their truck at the car …
January 18, 2013
In a heavily guarded store just southwest of Houston, twin .50-caliber “Ma Deuce” machine guns rise up side by side from a mount that could be bolted to the deck of a warship or truck bed. The guns can fire …
January 17, 2013
The Texas insurance market is ranked the 12th largest in the world in terms of premium volume, but only an “average” number of insurance carriers call the state home, and many of the 400 insurance companies that are based in …
January 14, 2013
Prosecutors say a building contractor has pleaded guilty to attempted arson in an East Texas dispute over competition for methadone clinic patients. A federal magistrate in Tyler on Wednesday accepted the plea from 54-year-old Daniel Kubisty. No sentencing date was …