Thompson Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

At our core we are trial lawyers. We succeed on behalf of our clients because of our skill, discipline and grit, and our work speaks for itself.

Gulf Coast Freeze Coverage

Resources and Updates
Claims Handling & Litigation: 2021 Freeze and Power Outage Catastrophe
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COVID-19 Response Team

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COVID-19 Response Team - Resources and Updates
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Labor & Employment

Sara Rios, et. al. v. Archer Luxury Travel, LLC
Thompson Coe Saves Client $100Ks in Damages After 3-Day Trial
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Cyber Liability Coverage

Landry’s Inc. v. The Ins. Co. of the State of Pa.
Thompson Coe Prevails in $28M Cyber Suit Arising From National Retailer Data Breach
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Appellate/General Liability

Shinogle v. Whitlock
Thompson Coe Obtains Texas Supreme Court Victory in Shooting Accident Suit
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Product Liability

McCarthy v. Metropolitan Life
Defense Verdict After 3 Week, $10M Products Liability Trial
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Catastrophic Injury

Givens, et al. v. Anderson Columbia, et al.
Thompson Coe And Team Successfully Defends $200 Million Wrongful Death Claim
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Firm Facts

Attorneys licensed in 28 states
Austin, Houston, Dallas,
New Orleans, Saint Paul
Trials and Arbitrations in 2019
Band 1 law firm for Insurance in Texas from 2004 – 2020
Property/Casualty • Employment HR
CE/CLE & HR Credit Available
By Law360 for Female Percentage in Firms Sized 150 – 299

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Thompson Coe Among Most Active Insurance Litigation Firms in the US, Study finds.

Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons was named among the most active law firms for insurance litigation over the past three years, according to LexMachina’s 2021 Insurance Report. Other firms identified in the report include...

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Concurrent Causation Is Key In Texas Storm Insurance Suits

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which ran from June 1 to Nov. 30, was a record-setting year according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.[1] The season produced 30 named storms, including 13 hurricanes...

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Thompson Coe Partner Gary Pate Wins Complete Defense Verdict in Bench Trial Involving Real Estate Dispute

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The COVID-19 Vaccine Part 2

The golden question: can you mandate the COVID-19 vaccine? EEOC has now given guidance surrounding vaccines in the workplace. Join Kevin Mosher and repeat guest, Stephanie Rojo from the Thompson Coe Austin office talk...

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Thompson Coe Obtains Texas Supreme Court Victory in Shooting Accident Suit

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COVID-19 Response Team - Resources and Updates

Experience

Claims Handling & Litigation: 2021 Freeze and Power Outage Catastrophe

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Thompson Coe Welcomes Partners Kenya Bodden and Patrick Kelly

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The 2020 HR Recap

We’ve made it to the recap episode! The good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between. Join Kevin and Elaine (Lainey) Luthens as they discuss it all including FFCRA legislation, OSHA, what they...

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Recruiting in 2021

What is Robert Half’s process? How do they make sure that you get the best candidate for the role? Join Kevin and Andrew McNaughtan, Director of Legal Permanent Placement from Robert Half, talk about the candidate...

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Gulf Coast Freeze Coverage
Resources and Updates

Claims Handling & Litigation: 2021 Freeze and Power Outage Catastrophe

The recent winter storms across the Gulf Coast United States is expected to produce a high-volume of insurance litigation.  To help our clients navigate the wide-ranging implications, Thompson Coe has assembled a Freeze Coverage Response Team and Resource Center. Our Response Team stands ready to assist clients in navigating the numerous anticipated issues arising from this catastrophe. The Response Team will be compiling a resource hub including state specific claims handling guides, catastrophe specific coverage and policy form issues, update on litigation arising from this event, key attorney contacts, and other information as the post-storm situation continues to develop and your response needs change.

Check back often for new postings.

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COVID-19 Response Team
Resources and Updates

COVID-19 Response Team - Resources and Updates

Thompson Coe’s COVID-19 Response Team is here to guide businesses and carriers through understanding their obligations and strategies during this uncertain time, as well as keeping them informed of the most recent developments. We are also providing constantly updated information regarding state responses in Texas, Louisiana and Minnesota, and federal measures implemented to fight the spread of coronavirus.

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Labor & Employment
Sara Rios, et. al. v. Archer Luxury Travel, LLC

Thompson Coe Saves Client $100Ks in Damages After 3-Day Trial

Houston partner, Cory Reed recently received a (virtual) defense verdict in a 3-day breach of contract trial involving a non-compete agreement, saving his client from $100s of thousands in out-of-pocket damages.

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Cyber Liability Coverage
Landry’s Inc. v. The Ins. Co. of the State of Pa.

Thompson Coe Prevails in $28M Cyber Suit Arising From National Retailer Data Breach

Ellen Van Meir, Mariah Quiroz and Nicholas Low successfully obtained judgment on behalf of their client, prevailing on cross motions for summary judgment, in a lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for $28 million in damages arising from a nationwide data breach.  A national retailer sought coverage under multiple commercial general liability policies issued by Thompson Coe’s client for significant monetary damages assessed by issuing banks against the retailer’s payment card processor after consumer payment information was stolen during a data breach.

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Appellate/General Liability
Shinogle v. Whitlock

Thompson Coe Obtains Texas Supreme Court Victory in Shooting Accident Suit

Dallas Partners Rick Harmon, Heather Phelps, and Cassie Dallas, and Austin Partner Wade Crosnoe obtained a significant appellate victory in the Texas Supreme Court for shooting range Alpine Industries, Inc. and its employee Lane Thomas Shinogle. The Texas Supreme Court held that the docket control order, which set the date for serving expert reports for testifying experts, did not extend the deadline for serving a 90-day statutory expert report because it did not explicitly reference the statutory deadline.

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Product Liability
McCarthy v. Metropolitan Life

Defense Verdict After 3 Week, $10M Products Liability Trial

On December 19, 2018, after a three-week trial, Partner Zandra E. Foley won a defense verdict in Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Catastrophic Injury
Givens, et al. v. Anderson Columbia, et al.

Thompson Coe And Team Successfully Defends $200 Million Wrongful Death Claim

After over two weeks of trial, Thompson Coe’s Partner and lead counsel, Jennifer Aufricht, with co-counsel Eddie Morales of Langley & Banack and Darrell Barger of Hartline, Dacus, received a defense verdict in a $200 million wrongful death lawsuit against highway construction client Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. Two of the three surviving families argued traffic control warning signs required by TXDOT were removed by workers. The jury found no liability on Anderson Columbia and found it in full compliance with TXDOT’s Traffic Control Plan.

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