TEXAS FARMERS INS. CO. v. SORIANO

No. D-3363.

881 S.W.2d 312 (1994)

TEXAS FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Richard R. SORIANO and Auforth, Keas & O'Reilly, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 15, 1994.

Rehearing Overruled September 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Townsend and Ben Taylor, Houston, W. Wendell Hall, San Antonio, for petitioner.

Harold Tom Hermansen, Jr., Ray Alexander, Carlos Villarreal, Ronald B. Brin, Thomas F. Nye, Alan J. Couture and Lynette Frederick, Corpus Christi, for respondents.


ENOCH, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, GAMMAGE and SPECTOR, Justices, join.

The issue in this case is whether there is any evidence that the Texas Farmers Insurance Company was negligent or breached a duty of good faith and fair dealing in failing to settle certain claims against its insured, Richard Soriano. We hold there is no evidence of negligence or bad faith.

I.

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