Texas Panel: Court Lacked Jurisdiction For Coverage Dispute Over Drowning Death

(August 30, 2024, 1:30 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A Texas appeals panel on Aug. 29 held that a lower court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a plaintiff insurer’s declaratory judgment claim and a defendant insurer’s counterclaim in a coverage dispute arising from a drowning death, reversing the lower court’s judgment in part and rendering judgment dismissing the lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction....