Allstate Insurance Co. v. Amick

SIMMS, Vice Chief Justice:

Petitioner, Allstate, defendant below, requests this Court to assume original jurisdiction and prohibit the trial court from further proceeding in a Christian type action predicated upon the theory that Allstate failed to negotiate, fairly and in good faith, a settlement with the third-party plaintiff on behalf of Allstate’s insured.

We assume original jurisdiction for the purpose of clarifying certain language in Timmons v. Royal Globe Ins. Co., Okl., 653 P.2d 907 (1982) and GRANT PROHIBITION.

Plaintiffs below, Donald and Sherry Phillips, brought an action to recover…