Withrow v. State Farm Lloyds

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice CORNELIUS.

Deborah Withrow appeals from an adverse summary judgment rendered in her suit against State Farm Lloyds. Withrow originally sued the contractors who built her house, as well as the engineering consultants, after the foundation started to crack and shift. She amended her petition to include State Farm Lloyds as a defendant, alleging breach of contract, a breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, and negligence. In her amended petition, she alleged that State Farm had not fully honored her claim for foundation damage, and thus had effectively…