BIRMINGHAM FIRE INS. v. AMERICAN NAT. FIRE

No. 06-96-00054-CV.

947 S.W.2d 592 (1997)

BIRMINGHAM FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, American International Adjustment Company, Inc., and AIG Claims Services, Appellants, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided May 1, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled May 20, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled May 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Lawrence Merriman, Merriman, Patterson & Allison, Longview, for Appellant AIG Claims Services.

James D. Wise, Jr., Brown, Sims, Wise & White, Houston, for Appellant Birmingham Fire Ins. Co.

Jack W. Tucker, Jr., Tucker, Hendryx, Snyder & Slade, Houston, for Appellant American International Adjustment.

Herbert Boyland, Harbour, Kenley, Boyland & Smith, T. John Ward, Brown McCarrol & Oaks Hartline, Longview, David W. Holman, Holman, Hogan, DuBose & Townsend, Chris C. Pappas, Charles R. Dunn, Andrew J. Sarne, Dunn, Kacal, Adams, Pappas & Law, Houston, for Appellee American National.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., and GRANT and ROSS, JJ.


OPINION

ROSS, Justice.

Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania ("Birmingham") and American International Adjustment Company, Inc., now known as AIG Claims Services, Inc., ("AIAC/AIGCS") appeal a judgment awarding American National Fire Insurance Company ("the appellee") $4 million for breach of contract and breach of the duty to settle under G.A. Stowers Furniture Co. v. American Indem. Co., 15 S.W.2d 544 (Tex.Comm'n App.1929, holding approved...

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