Beacon National Insurance v. Reynolds

OPINION

WEAVER, Chief Justice.

Ken Dell Reynolds, appellee, sued Beacon National Insurance Company, appellant, for breach of an insurer’s duty of good faith and fair dealing. The case arose out of the appellee’s efforts to collect for the loss of two Suzuki four-wheelers under a homeowner’s insurance policy alleged to have been written and issued by appellant. Appellant’s motion for an instructed verdict and its motion for judgment n.o.v., based on the assertion that the appellee sued the wrong defendant, were overruled. Based on the jury’s answers to special issues, the trial court granted…