CONTINENTAL CAS. CO. v. HUIZAR

No. C-4765.

740 S.W.2d 429 (1987)

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Jesus HUIZAR et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Susman, Evelyn Jo Wilson, Robert A. Rowland, III, Susman, Godfrey & McGowan, Houston, for petitioner.

Charles C. Frederiksen, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, Frank Herrera, Damon Ball, San Antonio, John E. Lewis, Lewis, Pettitt & Skaggs, McAllen, W. James Kronzer, Houston, for respondents.


WALLACE, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether an insurance carrier has the right to conduct further litigation of a suit brought by third parties against its insured, after the insured has entered into a covenant not to execute with the third parties and successfully moved for the dismissal of its appeal from a judgment in excess of policy limits. In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeals dismissed the appeal of the insured and thereby denied the purported...

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