Hi-Line Electric Co. v. Travelers Insurance Companies

The application for writ of error is refused with the notation no reversible error. Our action should not be interpreted as approving the conclusion of the court of civil appeals that a private action under article 21.21 of the Insurance Code must be based on the Deceptive Trade Practices Act nor as approving the court’s holding that, “A ‘person’ as used in article 21.21(16)(a) must be a consumer as defined in section 17.50 of the DTPA . . . .” 587 S.W.2d at 490.

Article 21.21, § 16 provides in pertinent part:(a) Any person who has been injured by another’s engaging in any of the practices…