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This is an index of library articles written about Houston, Texas, legal topics including insurance claims, business litigation, and car accidents. Learn more about your own legal case, along with information on Texas state laws, Texas-based legal tips, and other helpful legal information.

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• Insurance Law
• Business Litigation
• Auto Accidents
• Newsletter
• General

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Insurance Law:

• National Electrical Manufacturers Association's "Guidelines for Handling Water-Damaged Electrical Equipment". [PDF]   
  National Electrical Manufacturers Association's "Guidelines for Handling Water-Damaged Electrical Equipment".
• Replacement Cost Value v. Actual Cash Value   
  This article describes the different measures of value for adjusting property damage insurance claims.
• Bad Faith Insurance Claims | Houston Bad Faith Insurance Claims Attorney   
  What is a bad faith insurance claim? Houston attorney J. Brantley Durrett, III is committed to fighting bad faith insurance practices engaged in by insurance claims who act to wrongfully delay, deny and underpay valid insurance claims.
• Claim Denied - Tricks of the Trade - How Insurance Companies Deny, Delay, Confuse & Refuse [PDF]   
  This article is published by the American Association for Justice and discusses common insurance company tactics used to harm and mistreat polichyholders. Each of these tactics should be considered bad faith insurance practices.
• Property/Casualty Insurance 2008: Overpriced Insurance And Underpaid Claims Result In Unjustified Profits, Padded Reserves, And Excess Capitalization [PDF]   
  This report concludes property casualty insurance in America is overpriced based upon evidence of loss ratios and profits returned to the industry. It also suggests proposals for public policy changes to reduce the excesses of the industry and better protect consumers.
• Twelve Secrets To Getting A Fair Settlement On Your Insurance Claim   
  This article presents twelve secrets to getting a fair settlement on your insurance claim.
• Appraisal Is Risky Business [PDF]   
  How To Protect Yourself In The Appraisal Process
• Business Interruption Insurance [PDF]   
  Types of Business Interruption Insurance and How to Get Your Claim Paid With a Minimum Of Time and Expense
• Hire A Lawyer And Kick It Up A Notch [PDF]   
  When a Lawyer is Helpful During the Insurance Claim Process
• Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act [PDF]   
  Advantages Of The Texas Prompt Payment Of Claims Act For The Insured
• Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters   
  With bone-shaking winds and torrential rains, hurricanes can devastate billions of dollars of property in mere hours. Durrett Law Firm is committed to helping those seeking compensation for hurricane property damage to stand up to their insurance companies.

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Business Litigation:

• The Chamber Litigation Machine: How the Chamber Uses Lawsuits to Keep Americans Out of Court [PDF]   
  For years, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has led the charge to undermine and destroy America’s civil justice system. The Chamber has spent hundreds of millions of dollars financing efforts to close the courthouse doors to American consumers through massive lobbying campaigns, advertising and bankrolling anti-consumer political candidates. It has its own multimillion dollar affiliate, the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), whose sole mission is to restrict the ability of individuals harmed by negligent corporations to file suit.
  
  Yet ironically, the Chamber is also one of the most aggressive litigators in Washington, D.C., appearing in hundreds of lawsuits a year. The Chamber has its own litigation arm, the National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC), which both files its own lawsuits and enters into the lawsuits of others more than 130 times a year.
  
  The Chamber spends an unrivaled amount of money lobbying to restrict access to the courts for ordinary Americans, then files copious lawsuits and briefs in defense of the likes of AIG, Wal-Mart, Firestone and a slew of pharmaceutical and insurance companies.
  
  In almost every case, the Chamber’s litigation on behalf of corporations has come at the expense of Americans’ health or financial security.
• Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act Information   
  The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act aims to protect Texas consumers from unfair practices related to deceptive business practices. If you are involved in legal situation involving the DTPA, you may need an experienced business litigation attorney.

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Auto Accidents:

• American Association for Justice's October 2010 report, "Standing Up For Seniors: How the Civil Justice System Protects Elderly Americans". [PDF]   
  This report describes the many challenges seniors face in contemporary society and how the civil justice system helps protect elderly Americans from those who would prey upon them.
• Do I Really Need An Attorney For My Car Accident Case? [PDF]   
  Not all car accident cases need the help of an attorney. This report identifies the type of car accident cases in which you should consider hiring an attorney for legal representation.
• How To Determine The Value Of A Personal Injury Case. [PDF]   
  This report identifies the primary factors that influence the value of a personal injury case.
• Why You Should Never Give A Statement To An Insurance Company Adjuster. [PDF]   
  This report identifies common excuses insurance companies use after taking statements from unrepresented car accident victims to harm their claim.
• Traumatic Brain Injuries   
  Traumatic brain injuries are the most common injury in the world, and each day car accidents and truck crashes leave hundreds with a range of head injuries, from mild concussions to severe brain damage with permanent effects. Learn more about car accident head injuries from Houston attorney J. Brantley Durrett III.

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Newsletter:

• October 2010 Newsletter [PDF]   
  Limitations Issues for Insurance Claims; Ask the Attorney; How I Fixed the Normal Problems Associated With the Appraisal Process; The Big Easy; Get Connected to Attorney Brant Durrett
• May, 2010 Newsletter [PDF]   
  Insurance Litigation and The Art of War; Ask the Attorney; Spoliation of Evidence; Cartoon of the Month; Client Bill of Rights; High Tea at the St. Regis Hotel; Get Connected to Attorney Brant Durrett
• March, 2010 Newsletter [PDF]   
  The Three Phases of Civil Litigation; Ask the Attorney; Continental Airlines to Charge Extra for Exit Row Seata; Durrett Inducted Into Forum; Judge Issues Opinion on Waiver and Appraisal; Johnston Siblings Dominate State Swim Meet; Get Connected to Attorney Brant Durrett
• September 2009 Newsletter [PDF]   
  "Replacement Cost v. Actual Cash Value" examines the differences between two popular types of insurance policies; "TDI Undertakes Investigations of Public Adjusters"; "Lloyds Settles Lawsuit With Hotel for $350,000"; "2009 Opening Day Dove Hunt"
• November 2009 Newsletter [PDF]   
  "The Power of Maybe" examines the nature of a bad faith insurance claim; "Ask the Attorney" identifies helpful insurance claim websites; "Announcing New Website" discusses www.durrettlaw.com; "Travelers Underpays Claim By A Total of $1.1MM"; "A Veterans Day Honor To Remember"
• November 2008 Newsletter [PDF]   
  "Problems With Buying Home Insurance" examines problems with the selection of policy limits for residential insurance; "Ask The Attorney" discusses options for getting a fair insurance settlement; "Contingency Fees - Helpful and Valuable"; "Voters Throw Out Republican Judges"; "Summer at Ole Miss; Fall at Texas A&M"; "Honesty Is The Best Policy".
• December 2008 Newsletter [PDF]   
  "Appraisal-Risky Business For Homeowners" examines the advantages and disadvantages of the appraisal process for resolving insurance claims; "Ask The Attorney" discusses the staggered payment system for replacement cost policies; "A Starbucks Coffee Offer"; "DLF Cases Of Interest"; A Secret Family Recipe For Pecan Pie".
• April - May 2009 Newsletter [PDF]   
  "The Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act" examines this unique, powerful tool in the policyholder's arsenal; "Ask the Attorney" discusses the top 5 things to do to protect yourself in the insurance claims process; "If its March - It Must Be Time For A Vacation Or Three"; "Travelers Makes Additional Payment of $744,581.92"; "Hailie Durrett Selects Texas A&M University"; "Readers Respond To Poll Regarding Judcial Elections In Texas"
• January 2009 Newsletter [PDF]   
  "Tyoes of Business Interruption Insurance" examines differing types of business interruption insurance; "Claims Denied-Tricks of the Trade-How Insurance Companies Deny, Delay, Confuse and Refuse"; "Texas Department of Insurance Looks At Mediation of Hurricane Ike Claims"; Safeco Agrees
  To Pay $155,000 To Settle Business Interruption Claim - After Denying The Claim When Initially Presented By Policyholder"; "Reader Responds To Appraisal Feature"
• February - March 2009 Newsletter [PDF]   
  "Business Interruption Claims - Part II" continues examination of business interrution claims; "Ask The Attorney" discusses statutory remedy for mortgage companies delay in releasing insurance company payments; "A Phi Delt Reunion In Dallas"; "DLF Is Going Green"; "New Outlook Add-Ons"; "Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson Calls For Abolishing Judicial Elections In Texas".

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General:

• AAJ Report - Do As I Say, Not As I Sue [PDF]   
  AAJ Report exposing hypocrisy in The Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), an arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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