U.S. METALS, INC. v. LIBERTY MUT. GROUP

No. 14-0753.

490 S.W.3d 20 (2015)

U.S. METALS, INCORPORATED, Appellant v. LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP, INCORPORATED, doing business as Liberty Insurance Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: December 4, 2015.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Wielinski, Cokinos Bosien & Young, Irving TX, for Amicus Curiae ABC of Texas, American Subcontractors Association, Inc., ASA of Texas, Inc., Associated General Contractors of America, and Texas Building Branch-Associated General Contractors of America.

Jennifer Lynn Dotson, Reed Smith LLP, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae United Policyholders.

Graig J. Alvarez Lance R. Bremer Ryan Matthew Perdue Fernelius Alvarez, P.L.L.C., Houston TX, for Appellant.

Bruce E. Ramage, Christopher W. Martin, Levon G. Hovnatanian, Martin Disiere Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P., Houston TX, for Appellee.

Adam Pierson, Matthew Nickel, Richard D. Salgado, Dentons US LLP, Dallas TX, for Amicus Curiae American Insurance Association, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.


The insured under a standard-form commercial general liability insurance policy supplied flanges for use in constructing refinery processing units. The flanges leaked and had to be replaced to avoid the risk of fire or explosion. The flanges were welded to the pipes they joined and therefore...

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