Insureds’ Claims Foreclosed By Homeowners Insurer’s Payment, Magistrate Judge Says

( February 23, 2026, 8:36 AM EST) -- SHERMAN, Texas — A federal magistrate judge recommended granting a homeowners insurer’s motion for summary judgment on breach of contract and extracontractual claims and denying the insureds’ motion to vacate an appraisal award after determining that the insureds failed to meet their burden of proving that the appraisal award was premised on a mistake of fact and that the insureds’ claims are foreclosed by the insurer’s timely payment of the appraisal award....