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AMERICAN CENTENNIAL INC. v. CANAL INS.

No. D-1213.

843 S.W.2d 480 (1992)

AMERICAN CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY and First State Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. CANAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Talbert, Biessel, Stone & Lyman, Giessel, Stone, Barker & Lyman, Henry P. Giessel and Richard S. Joseph, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry J. Doherty, Michael H. Norman, Jimmy Williamson, Houston, for petitioners.

Robert A. Black, John D. Rienstra, Jr., Beaumont, William E. Junell, Jr., Richard Warren Mithoff, Scott Rothenberg, Houston, for respondents.

OPINION

DOGGETT, Justice.

We consider whether an excess insurance carrier has a cause of action against a primary carrier and trial counsel for mishandling a claim. We extend this court's holding in G.A. Stowers Furniture Co. v. American Indemnity Co., 15 S.W.2d 544 (Tex.Comm'n App.1929, holding approved), to permit such an action.

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