HERNANDEZ v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO. OF N. Y.

No. 488.

456 S.W.2d 729 (1970)

Jesus R. HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCullough, Murray & McCullough, Carter, Stiernberg, Skaggs & Koppel, Adams, Graham, Lewis, Jenkins & Briscoe, Harlingen, for appellant.

Cox, Wilson, Duncan & Black, Brownsville, for appellees.


OPINION

NYE, Justice.

Jesus R. Hernandez brought suit against the appellee insurance companies to establish liability under the doctrine announced in the Stowers case.1 Plaintiff's case was dismissed based upon defendants' plea of limitation.

Hernandez plead in the suit that the appellee insurance companies were negligent in failing to settle a prior law suit within the limits of his policy of liability insurance. The...

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