Mealey's Texas Insurance
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August 05, 2025
Insured’s Counterclaim In Dispute Over Defective Pool Shells Dismissed
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas federal judge adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss an insured’s counterclaim for promissory estoppel in a dispute over coverage for defective pool shells damaged by a chemical reaction between alkalis in the cement and silica, overruling the insured’s objection that the magistrate judge misapplied the legal standard governing promissory estoppel claims.
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