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STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. ZUBIATE

No. 08-90-00035-CV.

808 S.W.2d 590 (1991)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Frank ZUBIATE and Sylvia Zubiate, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled May 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Townsend, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston and H. Keith Myers, Grambling & Mounce, El Paso, for appellant.

J. Roberto Oaxaca and Susan Larsen, El Paso, for appellees.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and FULLER and WOODARD, JJ.

OPINION

FULLER, Justice.

A jury awarded in excess of $15 million to the policyholders in a breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing suit against the insurance carrier, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The trial court entered judgment for the policyholders consistent with the jury findings. We affirm, subject to a remittitur.

Since we are ultimately going to have to address the complaint of the large award of punitive damages and...

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