Next Round of Volleys Fired: Ballard/Allison File Petitions for Review & Response to Farmer's Petition in Texas Supreme Ct.

AUSTIN, Texas - On June 20, Melinda Ballard filed a Response to the Petition for Review filed by Fire Insurance Exchange (Farmers) in the Supreme Court of Texas, in which Farmers seeks further reduction to $2 million of the judgment in favor of Ballard in her landmark mold/bad faith case. Fire Insurance Exchange, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. Mary Melinda Ballard, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner, No. 03-0312 (Texas Sup. Ct.).

Ballard and her husband, Ronald Allison, also filed their own Petitions for Review on the same date. Ballard wants the court to determine whether the appeals court erroneously concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support …