Facts of Case Legally Sufficient To Support a 'Knowing' Finding & Punitive Damages, Ballard Says

AUSTIN, Texas - According to a Brief on the Merits filed recently by Melinda Ballard in her landmark insurance coverage case, the facts of the case are legally sufficient to support a jury finding that her homeowners insurance provider knowingly behaved in a false and deceptive manner in its handling of her water and mold claims. Fire Insurance Exchange, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. Mary Melinda Ballard, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner, No. 03-0312 (Texas Sup. Ct.).

The Nov. 10, 2003, brief was filed in Texas' Supreme Court in support of her June 2003 Petition for Review, and contradicts the no-evidence challenge presented in the April 2003 …