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LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. GARRISON CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 96-1013.

966 S.W.2d 482 (1998)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Robert G. Garrett, Petitioners, v. GARRISON CONTRACTORS, INC., Respondent

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Michael Jung, W. Neil Rambin, Dallas, for Petitioners.

Wade C. Hudman, Odessa, Philip K. Maxwell, Austin, for Respondent.

SPECTOR, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, HECHT, ENOCH, OWEN, ABBOTT and HANKINSON, Justices, join.

The primary issue in this case is whether an insurance agent employed by an insurance company is a "person" under section 2(a) of Article 21.21 of the Insurance Code. The court of appeals held that Robert Garrett, a Liberty Mutual Insurance Company employee-agent, was a person under that provision, and accordingly subject...

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