CENTENNIAL INS. CO. v. COMMERICAL UNION INS. COMPANIES

No. A14-90-00142-CV.

803 S.W.2d 479 (1991)

CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Westbrook Sales & Distributing, Inc., Appellants, v. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANIES, Commercial Union Insurance Company, and, The Northern Assurance Company of America, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

January 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris C. Pappas, Stuart W. Lapp, Jacqueline A. Armstrong, Houston, for appellants.

Jim Baker, M. Karinne McCullough, Houston, for appellees.

Before J. CURTISS BROWN, C.J., and JUNELL and MURPHY, JJ.


OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

Our opinion of November 21, 1990 is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

This is an action by an excess insurance carrier and its insured against the insured's primary insurance carriers. Appellants sued appellees alleging negligence and bad faith in connection with appellees' investigation, evaluation, negotiation and defense of a jointly insured tort liability claim. Appellees moved to dismiss the...

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