Daniels v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice MORRIS.

In this appeal, we determine whether the trial court erred in granting a take-nothing summary judgment in Dan Daniels’s bad-faith lawsuit against Indemnity Insurance Company of North America. We also review the trial court’s sanctions award against Daniels’s attorney, Donald McLeaish. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of Indemnity was proper and further conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sanctioning McLeaish. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

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