Messmer v. State Farm County Mutual Insurance Co. of Texas

OPINION

FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr., Justice.

Appellant, Sherry Messmer, sued appellee, State Farm County Mutual Insurance Co. of Texas, for breach of contract and bad faith for refusing to settle an uninsured/underin-sured motorist policy claim. Messmer subsequently moved to non-suit her uninsured/underinsured motorist contract claim. The trial court granted the non-suit and dismissed, without prejudice, Messmer’s contractual and extracontractual claim for bad faith. By a single point of error, Messmer contends the trial court abused its discretion by dismissing her bad faith claim because it…