STEWART TITLE GUAR. CO. v. AIELLO

No. 96-0092.

941 S.W.2d 68 (1997)

STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Roger N. AIELLO and Evelyn S. Aiello, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided January 31, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled April 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Fitch, Ben A. Baring, Houston, John S. Birkelbach, El Paso, for petitioner.

Leslie Warner de Soliz, Victoria, I. Nelson Heggen, Houston, for respondents.


CORNYN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal we consider whether Stewart Title Company's duty of good faith and fair dealing survived the entry of an agreed judgment with its insureds, Roger and Evelyn Aiello. The court of appeals held that it did. 911 S.W.2d 463, 471. Because the agreed judgment did not obligate Stewart Title to determine and pay future claims of the Aiellos in its capacity as an insurer...

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