HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO. v. FOSTER

No. 56468.

528 So.2d 255 (1988)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, George G. Williamson & Curtis E. Coker v. Mrs. Royce FOSTER, Administratrix of the Estate of Royce Foster, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As corrected on Denial of Rehearing July 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Carroll, Virginia T. Munford, Watkins & Eager, Jerome B. Steen, Edward J. Currie, Jr., Steen, Reynolds, Dalehite & Currie, Joe H. Daniel, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, for appellants.

Douglas M. Magee, Mendenhall, for appellees.

EN BANC.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Curtis E. Coker, and George C. Williamson have appealed from a judgment in the circuit court of Simpson County in favor of Mrs. Royce Foster, administratrix of Royce Foster's estate, in the sum of $30,000. This was a suit instituted by Foster in his lifetime against the insurance carrier and his attorneys for bad faith refusal to settle a case within policy limits, and for breach of...

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