Stewart Title Guaranty Co. v. Aiello

In this appeal we consider whether Stewart Title Company’s duty of good faith and fair dealing survived the entry of an agreed judgment with its insureds, Roger and Evelyn Aiello. The court of appeals held that it did. 911 S.W.2d 463, 471. Because the agreed judgment did not obligate Stewart Title to determine and pay future claims of the Aiellos in its capacity as an insurer, we hold that the only legal relationship between the parties following entry of judgment was that of judgment creditor and judgment debtor. We therefore reverse the court of appeals’s judgment on this issue.…