TWIN CITY FIRE INS. CO. v. DAVIS

No. D-4600.

904 S.W.2d 663 (1995)

TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Faith D. DAVIS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 7, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled September 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Michael Jung, W. Edward Carlton, Dallas, for petitioner.

Dale B. Tillery, Dallas, for respondent.


CORNYN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER, HECHT, GAMMAGE, ENOCH and OWEN, Justices.

The primary issue in this bad faith insurance case is whether the policy proceeds wrongfully denied an employee by a workers' compensation insurance carrier will alone support an award of punitive damages. We hold that under our decision in Aranda v. Insurance Co. of North America, 748 S...

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