Commercial Union Insurance Company, Cross v. Mission Insurance Company, Defendants-Counter Claimants-Appellants-Cross

Appellant, Mission Insurance Company, seeks damages from Appellee, Commercial Union Insurance Company, for Appellee’s alleged bad faith failure to settle a claim within its primary policy limits. We affirm the judgment rendered by a thorough and conscientious district court.

Mission was the excess insurer on the claim and was forced to pay on its policy after a Louisiana State court jury awarded the injured party an amount significantly exceeding the insured’s primary coverage. The federal district court granted Commer cial Union a directed verdict after trial on the issue of bad faith failure…