ROGERS v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INS. CO.

No. 90-1241.

598 So.2d 670 (1992)

Amelia R. ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raleigh Newman, Larry Roach, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Frederick L. Cappel, Tynes, Fraser, Roach & Morris, James R. Morris, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before STOKER and YELVERTON, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.


YELVERTON, Judge.

This case involves a claim for excess damages against an insurer for its alleged bad faith failure to settle claims against its insured and its insured's assignee. The trial judge determined that the defendant's actions were not so arbitrary and capricious as to amount to a breach of faith and ruled in favor of the insurer. We affirm.

The events which gave rise to the present suit began on October 29, 1983, when plaintiff, Amelia Rogers,...

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