Legal Opinion
St. Paul Insurance Company of Bellaire, Texas v. Afia Worldwide Insurance Company, Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1991No. 89-3554PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Introduction
This is a suit by an excess liability insurance carrier, St. Paul Insurance Company of Bellaire, Texas (Excess Insurer), against the primary liability insurance carrier, AFIA Insurance Company (Primary Insurer), 1 and Deutsch, Kerrigan, and Stiles law firm (Deutsch), attorneys for Primary Insurer. Excess Insurer claims that Primary Insurer and Deutsch negligently and in bad faith failed to settle the claims of William Warnes against Offshore Logistics, Inc., the carriers’ common insured (Insured), resulting in a large judgment and subsequent recovery…
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