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Texas Expands The Eight-corners Rule – Extrinsic Evidence May Be Used To Examine Insurance Contracts In Narrow Circumstances

In the Texas Supreme Court’s recent opinion of Monroe Gaur. Ins. Co. v. BITCO Gen. Ins. Co., Texas’ longstanding “eight-corners” rule was modified to permit the admission of extrinsic evidence under narrowly defined circumstances. See __ S.W.3d __, 2022 WL 413940 at *8. Predictably, the…