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Like many other homes and businesses, the Balinese Room was destroyed during Hurricane Ike.  Build on a 600 foot pier at 21st Street and Seawall in Galveston, the Balinese Room over its lifetime hosted such greats as Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Jack Benny – and generations of Galvestonians.  It survived Hurricanes Carla and Alicia, and was vacant for nearly 20 years before being restored by Scott Arnold and his Arnold Properties, Inc. in 2001.  All that remains today are the pilings shown on the photograph below – and the memories of those who participated in its history.  Unfortunately, TWIA has not honored its contract to fairly and reasonably protect the financial, historic and cultural value of this important part of Galveston history.  A copy of the lawsuit petition is attached.  FS – Original Petition.pdf

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Today Judge Mike Miller conducted a hearing on depositions in Texas Windstorm cases pending in Harris County.  Currently, the depositions of certain Texas Windstorm executives are scheduled to take place beginning in late March and continuing into early April, and the depositions have been noticed in Galveston County under a deposition order.  We have been concerned that Texas Windstorm is not moving promptly to complete production of written discovery, including documents about their claims handling practices, and that Texas Windstorm would use its own delay in producing documents as an excuse to further delay depositions in these cases.  Doyle Raizner does not believe the deposition process should be delayed further, and accordingly we filed a cross notice of these depositions in our Goddard v Texas Windstorm case.  Judge Miller determined that the depositions should proceed under an order that obligates Texas Windstorm to produce its witnesses for deposition promptly.  The Court’s order will be posted within the next several days at the Court’s website:  Harris County Ike Docket

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The jury found that Zurich unreasonably delayed income  benefits for four months, and delayed Doyle Raizner client Jerome Ryan’s medical care for his injured shoulder.  Zurich failed to obtain medical records from Mr. Ryan’s doctors, claimed that Mr. Ryan could not chose his own treating physician, and refused to pay him income benefits or for his medical care until ordered to do so by the Texas Department of Insurance.

The jury in Galveston County Court at Law No. 3, Hon. Roy Quintanilla presiding, awarded 1.384 million in damages, including $500,000 in punitive damages.

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Chris Bertini lost his office because of Hurricane Ike.
Below are the pictures of the aftermath.

“I’ve been practicing law in Galveston for 19 years. This is what was left of my office after Ike. People often ask “What did you lose?” I lost EVERYTHING! My office had 8 feet of water and I lost the home of my dreams.”

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Jeff Raizner: (Transcript from video)

One of the biggest problems that we’ve seen from the insurance companies is what happens when they send their adjusters out there in the beginning. We are seeing this from many clients and from looking at everybody’s home and businesses. What happens is the insurance companies come out there the first time and give a clearly low ball estimate.

No reasonable insurance adjuster, no reasonable insurance company would look at a house with a roof that is gone, completely damaged and say it would cost a thousand dollars to fix this. Then they come out a second time with a different adjuster and maybe provide a little more money, but it is still not appropriate and still not the right amount.

What we do when we get involved is send out an independent adjuster who does what the insurance company was supposed to have done the first time, looks at everything, actually climbs on the roof, actually looks at the walls, looks at the outside, spends some time there and provides a fair and a honest estimate of what the damages are.

We then get that to the insurance company and sometimes they will pay a little bit more voluntarily and sometimes they won’t. Most of the time, the case will have to end up in a lawsuit and that is when we can get into the position where we can get the results for you.

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Still a year after Hurricane Ike, insurance companies are still not doing what is right. Chris Bertini, a local Galveston attorney, had his office destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Chris had been practicing Law in Galveston for over 19 years. Galveston is his home.

This is his story:

“We’re not some law firm that puts their billboard on the highway or gets on TV. We’re here to help our fiends and family members. This is personal to us. This means a lot to us.

I want people to know that we’re going to be here after this is done. After, I hope, this city (Galveston) is rebuilt. We are going to be here, and we are here to stay.

I hope that the family that owns this home rebuilds, and my daughter can play here again, with her friends who grew up in that house.

This is what makes us different.

This is OUR HOME.”

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Listen to one of our clients that we have helped – Eric – “The insurance company that I’d paid my premiums to was denying everything. They did not want to pay for anything. That is why I’d hired Chris Bertini and Jeff Raizner.

After I’d hired them it was a total different case. The insurance company wanted to help me out. They wanted to do this. They wanted to do that…. but it was only because I hired a lawyer (Doyle Raizner LLP and Chris Bertini & Associates). Before I hired a lawyer, I was nobody. I guess I was just a number. I was not a case. But after I hired a lawyer, I was a person then… instead of a number….”

“I appreciate what Jeff and Chris did for me…. I’m glad that Jeff and Chris helped me out with this issue.”

Call us. We will not treat you like just another claim.

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Eric is one of the many clients that we have helped with disputes against insurance companies that have refused to pay a fair amount to repair the damages after Hurricane Ike.

Give us a call if you are still experiencing problems with your hurricane insurance claim. We can help.

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http://www.hurricanefirm.com -  Chris Bertini: When Hurricane Ike hit Galveston and it destroyed my office and my house, Jeff Raizner and Mike Doyle called me the day after the hurricane. They asked me how I was doing, did I need a place to live and a place to work out of. I have known those two men for many years. They are my friends. I grew up with them. We had cases together.

Our two law firms, Doyle Raizner LLP and Bertini and Associates, have tried cases against these insurance companies and we’ve gotten the verdicts against them for doing the wrong thing.

Mike Doyle and Jeff Raizner have been suing insurance companies for years along with Chris Bertini and had verdicts that have been tested in the courts. They have taken cases up on appeal and they have been successful.

They are fighters. They are my friends.

And I am thankful they were there on September 14th, when I lost everything. I know they will be there for my other friends in Galveston. They have been here before the hurricane hit. And they have their office in Galveston with me.

That is what sets us apart from the other firms. We have been down here fighting insurance companies before Ike and we will be there afterwords.

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