PROVIDENT AMERICAN INS. CO. v. CASTANEDA

No. 08-94-00340-CV.

914 S.W.2d 273 (1996)

PROVIDENT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Denise CASTANEDA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled February 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colbert N. Coldwell, Guevara, Rebe, Bauman, Coldwell & Garay, El Paso, Scott P. Stolley, Thompson & Knight, A Professional Corporation, Dallas, for appellant.

Ben H. Langford, El Paso, Timothy Patton, Pozza & Patton, San Antonio, for appellee.

Before BARAJAS, C.J., and LARSEN and CHEW, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This is an insurer's appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff damages under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Insurance Code, article 21.21 violations for unfair claims-handling practices. The plaintiff/appellee, Denise Castaneda, was an insured under her father's health insurance policy with defendant/appellant, Provident American Insurance Company. The jury found that Provident American violated various provisions of...

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