Articles Posted in Homeowners Insurance

The National Trial Lawyers has chosen Partners Elizabeth Thornsbury and Bartley Hagerman to the “Top 40 Under 40” National Trial Lawyers for 2025! Elizabeth’s National Trial Lawyers profile can be viewed here. Bartley’s National Trial Lawyers profile can be viewed here. Partner Philip Fairbanks is also a Top 100 National Trial Lawyer! Philip’s National Trial…

We receive a lot of questions from homeowners and commercial property owners about roof claims. One of the most common questions is whether the insurance company is required to pay for a full roof replacement or whether the insurance company can pay for only portions of the roof when shingles or other roofing materials are…

Your insurance company may not be paying all the recoverable depreciation you are owed on your homeowners insurance claim. If you have had property damage at your home and received an insurance claim payment from your insurance company, you may be wondering why this payment is significantly less than the cost to repair your property.…

On April 21st, the Kentucky Court of Appeals issued a unanimous opinion in favor of Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers’ client, the Greenville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Court of Appeals opinion reverses and remands the Muhlenberg Circuit Court’s decision to enter summary judgment in favor of State Auto Property & Casualty Company. State Auto had issued…

As spring approaches, it is important that homeowners know their options should a catastrophic storm damage their home and property. We are only roughly three months into the year, and tornadoes have already caused significant damage nearby. Nashville, Tennessee was just struck by an EF3 strength tornado outbreak between March 2 and March 3. During…

When a homeowners insurance company wrongfully denies or unreasonably delays payment of a valid homeowners insurance claim, it is called acting in “bad faith.” Your homeowners insurance policy is a contract between you and the insurance company. That contract creates a special relationship between you and your homeowners insurance company that requires them to act…

Homeowners insurance companies sometimes raise unexpected reasons for the denial of a claim. In a case being handled by Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers attorney Austin Mehr against Allstate, Allstate argued that since the insured’s son was the resident of the premise, not the insured herself, she had left the home vacant and, therefore, was not…