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TRINITY UNIVERSAL INS. CO. v. BLEEKER

No. 13-95-075-CV.

944 S.W.2d 672 (1997)

TRINITY UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Ronnie Dale BLEEKER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled May 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Chasnoff, Winston H. Hankins, Polly Jessica Ester, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, San Antonio, amicus curiae.

J. Preston Wrotenbery, Magenheim, Bateman, Robinson, Wrotenbery & Helfand, Houston, H. Harman Camp, Selman & Camp, McAllen, R.E. Lopez, Jr., Christiana Dijkman, Brownsville, Roger Townsend, Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Holman, Hogan, Dubose & Townsend, Kevin Dubose, William J. Boyce, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, for appellants.

Anthony F. Constant, Corpus Christi, Phil Harris, Weslaco, Frank G. Davila, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and YAÑEZ and CHAVEZ, JJ.

OPINION

CHAVEZ, Justice.

This case evolves out of an insurance company's conduct when confronted with settlement offers arising from an automobile collision. The jury found that Trinity Universal Insurance Company, et al., (hereafter "Trinity" or "appellants") had breached their Stowers1 duty to settle on behalf of their insured, Ronnie Dale Bleeker, violated the DTPA, and breached a common law duty of good faith and fair...

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