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Linda Ressetar

Partner

  • location icon Dallas, TX
    2100 Ross Avenue
    Suite 2000
    Dallas, TX 75201

Linda Ressetar is a partner in the Dallas office of Lewis Brisbois and is a member of the Insurance Coverage and Bath Faith Litigation Practices.

Mrs. Ressetar has experience litigating a variety of cases in state and federal courts in Texas and Oklahoma, ranging from construction defect disputes to multi-party litigation involving catastrophic personal injuries. In addition to representing insurers in first-party and third-party coverage litigation, Linda has defended policyholders in premises liability and construction contract disputes.

Representative Experience

  • Prevailed in Oklahoma federal court and subsequent appeal to the Tenth Circuit on coverage action arising out of a Parret claim.
  • Obtained unanimous defense verdict in property insurance dispute tried in Bowie County, Texas.
  • Obtained defense verdict in Hidalgo County, Texas for national insurer involving claims for trespass and breach of the peace.
  • Prevailed in Texas federal district court and subsequent appeal to the Fifth Circuit in coverage dispute regarding the meaning of “common carrier” in the context of a travel accident policy.
  • Prevailed in Texas federal district court and subsequent appeal to the Fifth Circuit in declaratory judgment action to determine whether hundreds of wase and hour claims arose out of a series of related acts constituting one “Claim”. 
  • Prevailed in the Tenth Circuit on appeal involving declaratory judgment action addressing applicable “per occurrence” policy limit in underlying litigation involving numerous personal injury claims attributed to e-Coli poisoning. 
  • Obtained summary judgment for property insurer in multiple lawsuits arising out of hail and wind storm claims.
  • Prevailed in Oklahoma federal court and subsequent appeal to the Tenth Circuit on declaratory judgment action to determine whether insured’s acts resulting in numerous bodily injury claims constituted one “Occurrence” under general liability policy.

Professional Presentations

  • “Forces of Nature” Encompasses Weather Events, (March 17, 2021)
  • Supreme Court of Texas Clarifies “Fully Adversarial Trial” Requirement for Liability Insurance, (June 16, 2017)
  • Number of Occurrences: What’s Your Limit?, Claims and Litigation Management webinar, (2015)
  • The Tripartite Relationship: What Is It? The Relationship Between the Insurer, Insured, and Defense Counsel, Thompson Coe webinar (2014)
  • Coverage News: 2009, Issue 1, (December 30, 2009)

Admissions

  • State Bar Admissions
    • Oklahoma
    • Texas
  • United States District Courts
    • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
    • United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
    • United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
    • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
    • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
    • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States Courts of Appeals
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Associations

  • Claims and Litigation Management (CLM)
  • Dallas Association of young Lawyers Foundation (Sustaining Fellow)
  • Dallas Women Lawyers Association (Advisory Board member, 2011 – 2016, President 2009)
  • Texas Bar Foundation (Fellow)

Awards & Honors

  • Texas Bar Foundation – Fellow

Education

University of Tulsa College of Law

J.D., 1997

The University of Texas at Austin

B.A., 1994

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