WOOLEY v. SHEWBART

89-398, 89-481.

569 So.2d 712 (1990)

Carolyn WOOLEY v. V.A. SHEWBART, et al. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY d/b/a CNA Insurance Companies, et al. v. Carolyn WOOLEY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Volz III of Volz and Volz, Montgomery, for appellant/cross-appellee.

N.T. Braswell III of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston, & Garrett, Montgomery, for appellees/cross-appellants.


MADDOX, Justice.

These consolidated appeals respectively present questions concerning the scope of the tort of outrageous conduct arising out of a workmen's compensation insurance carrier's refusal to pay benefits, and the tort of bad faith failure of the carrier to pay benefits allegedly due under the workmen's compensation policy.

FACTS

Carolyn Wooley filed a complaint against her former employer (who operated a bar known as "Stagger Lee's"); her...

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