Cases
Cases: Representative Matters: Mr. Martin has h
led more than 10,000 insurance coverage
bad faith cases across the country in the last 25 years. In addition to serving as lead counsel in numerous insurance lawsuits arising out of every major hurricane, tornado, earthquake
wildfire to hit a major metropolitan area in the US in the last two decades, he has h
led some of the largest insurance matters in the country. His work includes the coverage litigation
/or insurance disputes arising out of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, the Las Vegas shooting, the Twin Towers coverage litigation after 9/11, the Uvalde Texas school shooting, the Travis Scott/Astroworld litigation
many more. Mr Martin served on the Insurer Steering Committees for the many thous
s of first party bad faith suits arising out of both Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana
Hurricane Ike in Texas. He obtained the first Insurance MDL certification in history on behalf of State Farm following Hurricane Ike
he obtained the first multi-storm/multi-event Insurance MDL for Farmers Insurance following the state-wide avalanche of wind/hail suits in Texas in 2015.
While he has tried more than 175 insurance coverage
bad faith cases to verdict
h
led more than 100 appeals, some of his representative cases on appeal include:Southwest Airlines Co. v. Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., 2022 WL 5240650 (N.D. Tex.) 2022)
Terry Black's Barbecue, L.L.C. v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, 22 F.4th 450 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 2022)
United Fire
Casualty Company v. Kent Distributors, Incorporated,759 Fed.Appx. 326 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 2019)
USAA Texas Lloyds Company v. Menchaca, 545 S.W.3d 479 (Tex. 2018)
Triyar Companies, LLC V. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, 515 S.W.3d 517 (Houston (14th Dist.) 2017)
U.S. Metals, Incorporated v. Liberty Mutual Group, Incorporated, 654 Fed.Appx.664 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 2016)
In re Bent, 487 S.W.3d 170 (Tex. 2016)
In re-Deepwater Horizon, 807 F.3d 689, C.A.5 (La.) 2015
U.S. Metals, Incorporated v. Liberty Mutual Group, Incorporated, 487 S.W.3d 170 (Tex. 2015)
Khan v. Safeco Surplus Lines, 2014 WL 3907976 (Houston (14th Dist.) 2014)
Crounse v State farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 336 S.W.3d 717 (Houston (1st Dist.) 2010)
State Farm Lloyds v. Page, 315 S.W.3d 525 (Tex 2010)
Carrizales v. State Farm Lloyds, 518 F.3d.343, (C.A.5 (Tex.) 2008)
Nationwide Ins. Co. v. Elchehimi, 249 S.W.3d 430 (Supreme Court of Texas 2008)
Lundstrom v. United Services Auto. Ass'n-CIC, 192 S.W.3d 78 (Houston (14th Dist.) 2008)
Excess Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, Frank's Casing crew & Rental Tools, Inc., 246 S.W.3d 42 (Tex. 2008)
Fiess v.State Farm Lloyds, 202 S.W.3d 744 (Tex. 2006)
Guarranty nat. Ins. Co. v. Azrock Industries Inc., 211.F.3d 239 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 2000)
