Insurance companies have turned to Graves Dougherty for representation in appeals of statewide importance:

• In three related appeals, Graves Dougherty turned back efforts by the State to order a reduction in homeowners’ insurance rates and to sanction the insurer for allegedly excessive rates. State Farm Lloyds v. Geeslin, 267 S.W.3d 438 (Tex. App.—Austin 2008, no pet.); Geeslin v. State Farm Lloyds, 255 S.W.3d 786 (Tex. App.—Austin 2008, no pet.); Tex. Dep’t. of Ins. v. State Farm Lloyds, 260 S.W.3d 233 (Tex. App.—Austin 2008, no pet.).
• Graves Dougherty represented a workers’ compensation carrier in a case that affirmed the carrier’s statutory right to subrogation in personal injury suits. Tex. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ledbetter, 251 S.W.3d 31 (Tex. 2008).
• With many millions of dollars at stake, Graves Dougherty prevailed in a long-running dispute over the proper interpretation of a workers’ compensation rule governing hospital reimbursement fees. Tex. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Vista Community Med. Ctr., LLP, 275 S.W.3d 538 (Tex. App.—Austin 2008, pet. denied).