Centennial Insurance Co. v. Commercial Union Insurance Companies

OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

Our opinion of November 21, 1990 is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

This is an action by an excess insurance carrier and its insured against the insured’s primary insurance carriers. Appellants sued appellees alleging negligence and bad faith in connection with appellees’ investigation, evaluation, negotiation and defense of a jointly insured tort liability claim. Ap-pellees moved to dismiss the case on grounds that appellants had failed to state a cause of action upon which relief could be granted. The trial court granted appellees’ amended…