Taylor v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION

VOSS, Presiding Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal stem from the judgments of the trial court in a bad-faith action brought by Appellant Bobby Sid Taylor (“Taylor”), against Appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”). We hold that Taylor’s bad faith claim was barred by the two-year tort statute of limitations and therefore reverse the judgment entered for Taylor.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case arises from an automobile accident that occurred on April 9, 1977. In that accident there was a collision involving a pickup truck driven by Taylor, a pickup…