Mr. David J. Metzler

Practice Details

• Languages
  Spanish
• Firm Information
  Position

  Managing Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Cowles & Thompson, P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters: Represented insurer in successful action by excess carrier to recover defense costs from primary insurers that improperly denied coverage. See Continental Cas. Co. v. N. Am. Capacity Ins. Co., 683 F.3d 79 (5th Cir. 2012)
  Continental Cas. Co. v. N. Am. Capacity Ins. Co., 683 F.3d 79 (5th Cir. 2012) (representing insurer in successful action by excess carrier to recover defense costs from primary insurers that improperly denied coverage).
  Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co. v. Creative Young Minds, Ltd. D/B/A Primrose School of Walnut Creek, 679 F. Supp. 2d 739 (N.D. Tex. 2009) (successfully defended insurance carrier's denial of coverage).
  All Saints Catholic Church v. United Nat'l Ins. Co., 257 S.W.3d 800 (Tex.App.--Dallas 2008, no writ) (successfully defended property insurer in coverage dispute involving more than one cause of property damage).
  Lincoln General Ins. Co. v. Aisha's Learning Center, 468 F.3d 857 (5th Cir. 2006) (successfully represented insurer in suit arising out of denial of coverage based upon auto exclusion in CGL policy)
  American Home Assur. Co. v. United Space Alliance, LLC, 378 F.3d 482 (5th Cir. 2004) (represented primary
  excess carrier at trial of claim for wrongful refusal to defend)
  Southstar Corp. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines. Ins. Co., 42 S.W.3d 187 (Tex. App.--Corpus Christi 2001, no pet.) (successful defense of insurer in advertising injury coverage
  bad faith dispute)
  St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Convalescent Services, Inc., 193 F.3d 340 (5th Cir. 1999) (represented insurer in decision limiting insurer's Stowers duty)
  Gracida v. Tagle, 946 S.W.2d 504 (Tex. App.--Corpus Christi 1997, orig. proceeding) (represented insurer, real party in interest)
  St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. American Int'l Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 1997 LEXIS 4596 (N.D. Tex. 1997)
  Williams v. L
  Title Co. of Dallas, 1997 LEXIS 2098 (Tex. App.--Dallas 1997, no writ history) (represented Appellee)