SOUTHERN AMERICAN INS. CO. v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.

498 So.2d 280 (1986)

SOUTHERN AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY,

v.

HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY.

No. 85 CA 1170.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 12, 1986.

Writ Denied January 23, 1987.

C. Michael Hill and John K. Hill, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Owen M. Goudelocke, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and LeBLANC, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether any duty owed by a primary insurer to an excess insurer in the settlement of claims was breached under the facts before us. Because we find that the primary insurer acted neither…