Ramirez v. Transcontinental Insurance Co.

MAJORITY OPINION

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is a summary judgment case. Angelo Loiza Ramirez (Ramirez), appellant, sued Transcontinental Insurance Company (TIC), appellee, for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing in handling his workers’ compensation claim. TIC filed a motion for summary judgment and it was granted by the trial court. Ramirez brings one point of error asserting that the trial court erred in granting TIC’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

On or about July 12, 1989, Ramirez, a landscape laborer for Magnolia Gardens Nursery (Magnolia), was unloading a…