State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Traver
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
Justice HECHT, Justice ENOCH, Justice SPECTOR, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, and Justice HANKINSON join.
We withdraw our opinion of August 25, 1998, and substitute the following in its place. We overrule the motions for rehearing of State Farm and Ronald Traver.
Ronald Traver, an estate executor, argues that the attorney provided by decedent Mary Davidson’s liability insurer, State Farm, committed malpractice in defending a personal injury claim against Davidson, resulting in a judgment in excess of policy limits. Traver sued State Farm for negligence, breach of its duty to defend, breach of the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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