Chad T. Wilson recently sat down with Roofing Insights to discuss his firm's recent legal victories against State Farm. Watch the full interview below. You can also read about the State Farm cases here and here. https://youtu.be/Jpwk8VO-CWU
It's always a good idea to know how to identify hail damage on your roof, just in case you get hit by an unexpected hailstorm. The most common signs of hail damage are buckling shingles or tiles that have been popped off the roof and broken window panes. It's also possible for there to be [...]
Euless, Texas is a small town tucked between Fort Worth and Dallas. As part of Tarrant County, Euless has had its share of severe weather events. Chad T. Wilson Law Firm client Aaron P. endured a windstorm in the spring of 2018. Typical of many property owners who sustain storm damage, he remembered the storm [...]
Linda Veach first called her insurance company, State Farm, the day after a big and loud storm passed through Irving, Texas on June 6 of 2018. When she called to report her concerns, she was told that nobody from State Farm was going to come out and look at her house and that they did [...]
Many insurance companies regard plumbing to be part of routine homeowner maintenance. Maintenance is entirely the property owner's responsibility. Damage to pipes that develops over time because of lack of maintenance is typically not covered. Pipes in this state could potentially flood an entire house, causing catastrophic damage! For an insurance company to cover a broken pipe, the [...]
On March 19, 2021 the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Hinojos v. State Farm Lloyds (No. 19-0280), in favor of Louis Hinojos, a client of Chad T. Wilson Law Firm. The Hinojos opinion will substantially assist policyholders win Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act (“TPPCA”) damages including interest and attorney fees after appraisal. [...]
Texas has recently experienced winter weather not seen in ages. Temperatures fell to minus 2 degrees in some of the hardest-hit areas. Power suppliers never prepared to withstand these conditions. Power outages across the state left almost all Texans to struggle with the cold. The combination of freezing weather and power outages caused plumbing to [...]
As Texas recovers from the arctic blast, pipe problems will remain an issue for many Texans. San Antonio alone reported more than 10,000 claims related to frozen pipes or pipe leaks. In Houston, city and county leaders on Friday said tens of thousands of area residents and business owners suffered burst water pipes or other [...]
The 2016 storm season was the most expensive storm season on record for Texas. On March 17th, 2016 Arlington, Texas experienced no less than six recorded hailstorms, the largest of which generated hail two-and-a-half inches in diameter. The hazardous weather system began Thursday morning, dropping huge pieces of hail and grounding flights out of DFW [...]
Hail damage is the number one cause of property damage in the US. In 2019-2020 alone the State of Texas has seen more claims related to hail than most states. Severe property damage occurs when a dangerous storm strikes a highly-populated area with hail larger than an inch or more in diameter. Baseball-sized hail (3.5 [...]