JOLLEY v. AEGIS

No. 32,032.

237 P.3d 738 (2010)

2010-NMSC-029

Val JOLLEY, personal representative of the Estate of John Everett Stapleton, deceased, Plaintiff, v. ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC & GAS INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED (AEGIS), a foreign insurer, and John Does 1-5, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guebert Bruckner P.C., Terry R. Guebert, Donald George Bruckner, Jr., Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff.

Conklin, Woodcock & Ziegler, P.C., Robert C. Conklin, Jacqueline M. Woodcock, Albuquerque, NM, Brickley, Sears & Sorett, P.A., Henry P. Sorett, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


OPINION

DANIELS, Chief Justice.

{1} This case comes to us on certification from the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico to determine whether the third-party bad faith cause of action against a compulsory automobile liability insurance carrier, for failure to settle an underlying lawsuit, which we recognized in Hovet v. Allstate Insurance Co., 2004-NMSC-010, 135 N.M. 397, ...

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