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UNIVERSE LIFE INS. CO. v. GILES

No. 94-0992.

950 S.W.2d 48 (1997)

The UNIVERSE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AIA Services Corporation, and AIA Insurance, Inc., Petitioners, v. Ida M. GILES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. McLaughlin, Paris, Robert H. Renneker, Dallas, for Petitioners.

John R. Mercy, Texarkana, Jesse L. Nickerson, III, Paris, for Respondent.

SPECTOR, Justice, announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which CORNYN, BAKER and ABBOTT, Justices, join.

The two issues in this case are whether any evidence supports an insured's judgment against her health insurer for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, and whether any evidence supports a punitive damages award. In deciding the first issue, we attempt to ease the incompatibility between the no-evidence standard of review and...

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