Ex Parte Simmons

The plaintiff Laura A. Simmons appealed to this Court from summary judgments in favor of Congress Life Insurance Company ("Congress") and Insurers Administrative Corporation ("IAC") on her claims alleging bad-faith refusal to pay, or to investigate, certain health-insurance claims. She also appealed from a partial summary judgment in favor of Congress and IAC on her claim alleging breach of the insurance contract. Congress and IAC cross-appealed from the trial court's denial of their motion to "reform" the insurance contract. We transferred the appeals to the Court of Civil Appeals, pursuant…