NOLAN v. COMMONWEALTH NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 28777-CA.

688 So.2d 581 (1996)

Reggie NOLAN d/b/a Reggie Nolan Insurance Agency, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Opinion Reaffirming Decision after Grant of Rehearing January 22, 1997.

Writ Denied April 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman by DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr., Alexandria, for Defendant-Appellant.

Johnson & Placke by Don H. Johnson, Monroe, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before NORRIS, BROWN and CARAWAY, JJ.


CARAWAY, Judge.

In this breach of contract action, the trial court found that the defendant insurance company had in bad faith failed to pay its former independent broker for commissions on policies he had sold. The trial court awarded damages in the amount of the unpaid commissions, plus legal interest and additionally awarded "general damages" for "mental anguish" and attorney's fees for the bad faith breach under La.C.C. art. 1997. The company appeals the judgment...

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