Tex. Ins. Code § 462.303

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 462.303 - Certain Determinations Not Binding
(a) The association is not bound by:
(1) a judgment taken before the designation of impairment in which an insured under a liability insurance policy or the insurer failed to exhaust all appeals;
(2) a judgment taken by default or consent against an insured or the impaired insurer; or
(3) a judgment, settlement, or release entered into by the insured or the impaired insurer.
(b) A judgment, settlement, or release described by Subsection (a) is not evidence of liability or of damages in connection with a claim brought against the association, an impaired insurer's insured, or another party under this chapter.
(c) The association is entitled to recover the association's costs, expenses, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in contesting a claim based on a judgment, settlement, or release described by Subsection (a) on the association's behalf or on behalf of an impaired insurer's insured after the date on which the party asserting the claim is provided notice by the association or otherwise of the provisions of this section applicable to the judgment, settlement, or release.

Tex. Ins. Code § 462.303

Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 343,Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2019.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 1, eff. 4/1/2007.